poussette

/\pu.sɛt\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,245

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

poussette is aFrenchnoun. It means: Nom de divers jeux d’enfants. Pronounced \pu.sɛt\. Often confused with poussettes and poussée.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for poussette is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pu.sɛt\. Corpus data places it at rank #20,245 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for poussette, with forms such as "opussette", "posusette", and "pousestte". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "poussettes", "poussée", "poussent", 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 poussette, spelled P-O-U-S-S-E-T-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: opussette,posusette,pousestte,pousette,poussete,poussetet,pousstete,ppoussette,puossette

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for poussette

Misspelling Variants of "poussette"

opussette9posusette9pousestte9pousette8poussete8poussetet9pousstete9ppoussette10
Misspelling Variants of "poussette"

Frequency rank: #20,245 in French

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?
"poussette" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.