poussette

\pu.sɛt\

/\pu.sɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“poussette” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,245. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,245
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de divers jeux d’enfants.

Corpus desk

Index FR-poussette · poussette · French

poussette · rank #20,245 · 9 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,245
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pouf

Nearest frequency peer: pouf (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « poussette »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « poussette » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

poussette vs poussettes
90% similar
poussette vs poussée
67% similar
poussette vs poussent
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for poussette
PropertyValue
Headwordpoussette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pu.sɛt\
Letters9
Frequency rank#20,245
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « poussette »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).poussettese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pouf » (#20,244), « pride » (#20,246), « potion » (#20,243). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « poussette » est au #20,245. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around poussette (IPA \pu.sɛt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,245 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for poussette, with forms such as "opussette", "posusette", and "pousestte". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "poussettes", "poussée", "poussent", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is poussette, spelled P-O-U-S-S-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de divers jeux d’enfants.
  2. 2
    Petite voiture que l’on pousse, et qui sert généralement à déplacer les enfants en bas âge.
  3. 3
    Poussette de marché : charrette fermée que l’on tire pour faire ses courses et les ramener chez soi, parfois avec 3 jeux de roues pour passer les escaliers.
  4. 4
    Action de pousser un coureur, que ce soit dans une montée ou un passage difficile par un piéton en cyclisme sur route, ou sur le vélodrome par un coéquipier en cyclisme sur piste.
  5. 5
    Technique utilisée lors de l'injection en intraveineuse de substances psychotropes qui consiste pendant l' injection à aspirer un peu de sang (la tirette) dans la seringue, puis de continuer l'injection. Cette pratique est normalement destinée à provoquer un deuxième flash.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how poussette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. L'enfant se calme et s'endort bientôt, alors délicatement elle le pose dans sa poussette et continue à le bercer.
  2. En effet, l'un des éléments primordiaux pour pouvoir être mobile à l'arrivée de jumeaux est une poussette double. Or, à qualité égale, une poussette de jumeaux coûte environ 2,5 fois plus cher qu'une poussette simple.

This word in other languages

stroller(English)Kinderwagen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opussette
  • posusette
  • pousestte
  • pousette
  • poussete
  • poussetet
  • pousstete
  • ppoussette
  • puossette

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of poussette - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

opussette2posusette2pousestte2pousette1poussete1poussetet2pousstete2ppoussette1
Edit distance from "poussette"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "poussette"?
"poussette" is spelled P-O-U-S-S-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pu.sɛt\.
What does "poussette" mean?
As a noun, "poussette" means: Nom de divers jeux d’enfants.
What words are commonly confused with "poussette"?
"poussette" is commonly confused with "poussettes", "poussée", "poussent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "poussette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "poussette" is \pu.sɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "poussette" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "poussette", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

privation#20,247quadruple#20,252quinzième#20,253parentale#20,224

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

raquette9 variantsrepars9 variantsonglet9 variantsrêveur9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list