poussières

noun

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The verdict

“poussières” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,704. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,704
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Peu de chose, en particulier quand avant il y avait beaucoup.

Corpus desk

Index FR-poussieres · poussières · French

poussières · rank #16,704 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,704
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pignon

Nearest frequency peer: pignon (-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 « poussières »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « poussières » 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).

poussières vs poussiéreux
73% similar
poussières vs poussées
70% similar
poussières vs poussière
90% similar

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

Key facts for poussières
PropertyValue
Headwordpoussières
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#16,704
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « poussières »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pignon » (#16,703), « poussées » (#16,705), « pharmaciens » (#16,702). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « poussières » est au #16,704. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around poussières, anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,704 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for poussières, with forms such as "opussières", "posusières", and "pousisères". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "poussiéreux", "poussées", "poussière", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is poussières, spelled P-O-U-S-S-I-È-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Peu de chose, en particulier quand avant il y avait beaucoup.
  2. 2
    Peu d’argent, quelques centimes.
  3. 3
    Peu de temps, quelques minutes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. De nouveau, les germains sauveraient le monde, balayeraient les dernières poussières de la corruption latine. (1882 — La Débâcle, Emile Zola)
  2. 3 euro et des poussières.

Synonyms

miettes

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opussières
  • posusières
  • pousisères
  • pousières
  • poussieres
  • poussirèes
  • poussièers
  • poussièress
  • poussièrres
  • poussièrse
  • poussèires
  • ppoussières
  • puossières

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of poussières - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

opussières2posusières2pousisères2pousières1poussieres1poussirèes2poussièers2poussièress1
Edit distance from "poussières"

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 "poussières"?
"poussières" is spelled P-O-U-S-S-I-È-R-E-S.
What does "poussières" mean?
As a noun, "poussières" means: Peu de chose, en particulier quand avant il y avait beaucoup.
What words are commonly confused with "poussières"?
"poussières" is commonly confused with "poussiéreux", "poussées", "poussière". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "poussières" come from?
"poussières" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

paradigme13 variantsremarquée13 variantsterminaux13 variantshéberger13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list