pousser

/\pu.se\/ verb

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Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,892

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

pousser is aFrenchverb. It means: Faire pression contre quelqu’un ou contre quelque chose, pour le déplacer ou l’ôter de sa place. Pronounced \pu.se\. It ranks #2,892 in French word frequency. Often confused with Prusse and puiser.

Key facts for pousser
PropertyValue
Headwordpousser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pu.se\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,892
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of pousser in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for pousser is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pu.se\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,892 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 25 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for pousser, with forms such as "opusser", "posuser", and "pouser". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "Prusse", "puiser", "presser", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is pousser, spelled P-O-U-S-S-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire pression contre quelqu’un ou contre quelque chose, pour le déplacer ou l’ôter de sa place.
  2. 2
    Toucher doucement pour avertir quelqu’un de quelque chose ou pour lui faire prendre garde à quelque chose.
  3. 3
    Imprimer quelque mouvement à un corps, soit en le lançant, soit en le frappant.
  4. 4
    Porter un coup.
  5. 5
    Imprimer sur le cuir des ornements, par le moyen de roulettes ou de fers à dorer.
  6. 6
    Sortir avec force en parlant des paroles, des sons.
  7. 7
    Porter plus loin ; reculer.
  8. 8
    Prolonger ; étendre.
  9. 9
    Presser, attaquer, choquer quelqu’un.
  10. 10
    Engager fortement, inciter quelqu’un.
  11. 11
    Porter en avant quelqu’un, le faire avancer.
  12. 12
    Faire faire des progrès, en parlant d’un écolier, d’un élève.
  13. 13
    Faire donner tout l’effort dont il est capable, en parlant de choses ou d’animaux.
  14. 14
    Porter, étendre, en parlant des choses.
  15. 15
    Faire croître, faire se développer, en parlant des arbres, des plantes, des racines, des branches, des fleurs, etc.
  16. 16
    Offrir un prix d'achat plus élevé lors d’une vente aux enchères.
  17. 17
    Croître, se développer, en parlant des végétaux, mais aussi des parties du corps.
  18. 18
    Exercer une poussée, une pression, en parlant des terres, des voûtes, etc., par leur poids, s’appuient contre les constructions destinées à les soutenir.
  19. 19
    Se porter en avant, s’avancer.
  20. 20
    Continuer sa route, sa marche.
  21. 21
    Avoir la respiration difficile, en parlant des chevaux.
  22. 22
    Exagérer, abuser.
  23. 23
    Exercer une contraction musculaire pour faciliter la défécation, l’accouchement.
  24. 24
    Se mettre en avant.
  25. 25
    Envoyer un élément vers une machine distante.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: opusser,posuser,pouser,pousesr,pousserr,poussre,ppousser,puosser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pousser

Misspelling Variants of "pousser"

opusser7posuser7pouser6pousesr7pousserr8poussre7ppousser8puosser7
Misspelling Variants of "pousser"

Frequency rank: #2,892 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pousser"?
"pousser" is spelled P-O-U-S-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pu.se\.
What does "pousser" mean?
As a verb, "pousser" means: Faire pression contre quelqu’un ou contre quelque chose, pour le déplacer ou l’ôter de sa place.
What words are commonly confused with "pousser"?
"pousser" is commonly confused with "Prusse", "puiser", "presser". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pousser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pousser" is \pu.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pousser" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.