poussif
\pu.sif\
The verdict
“poussif” is uncommon French (frequency #58,854 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,854
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En parlant des animaux de trait, qui a la pousse (maladie respiratoire).
Corpus desk
Index FR-poussif · poussif · French
poussif · rank #58,854 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,854
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pousseront
Nearest frequency peer: pousseront (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « poussif »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- pourrisseme…
pourrissement
41,149 corpus weight
- pousseront
pousseront
41,148 corpus weight
- poussif
poussif
41,147 corpus weight
- poussiéreuse
poussiéreuse
41,146 corpus weight
- prieure
prieure
41,145 corpus weight
- privilégiez
privilégiez
41,144 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « poussif » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | poussif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pu.sif\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #58,854 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « poussif » en français
Rare enough to double-check
poussif is uncommon French at frequency #58,854 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pu.sif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for poussif, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 poussif, spelled P-O-U-S-S-I-F.
Definition
- 1En parlant des animaux de trait, qui a la pousse (maladie respiratoire).
- 2Qui a quelque peine à respirer ou qui rechigne à la tâche.
- 3Qui avance très lentement.
- 4Qui a tendance à pousser (croître) de manière importante, à augmenter en volume, à grossir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how poussif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] ; et une fois chez lui à deux ou trois cents kilomètres de distance, avant que le délai expire, un télégramme apprend au vendeur que son cheval est déclaré poussif, immobile, corneur ou lunatique, […].
Tous les bourgeois poussifs qu’étranglent les chaleurs Portent, les jeudis soirs, leurs bêtises jalouses.
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.
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