poussin

\pu.sɛ̃\

/\pu.sɛ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“poussin” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,724. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,724
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit de la poule encore recouvert de duvet.

Corpus desk

Index FR-poussin · poussin · French

poussin · rank #15,724 · 8 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,724
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH porteuse

Nearest frequency peer: porteuse (-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 « poussin »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « poussin » 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).

poussin vs poussins
88% similar
poussin vs Prussien
63% similar
poussin vs pousse
71% similar

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

Key facts for poussin
PropertyValue
Headwordpoussin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pu.sɛ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#15,724
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « poussin »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.poussinse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « porteuse » (#15,723), « poutre » (#15,725), « porta » (#15,722). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « poussin » est au #15,724. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around poussin (IPA \pu.sɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,724 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for poussin, with forms such as "opussin", "posusin", and "pousin". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "poussins", "Prussien", "pousse", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is poussin, spelled P-O-U-S-S-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit de la poule encore recouvert de duvet.
  2. 2
    Oisillon nouvellement éclos dont le corps est nu ou recouvert de duvet.
  3. 3
    (généralement au pluriel) Enfant d’environ 9 ou 10 ans inscrit dans un club de sport (les limites d’âge variant d’un sport à l’autre).
  4. 4
    (équivalent féminin éventuel : poussine) Nom donné à une personne que l’on aime, notamment un enfant.
  5. 5
    Policier de circulation, à dossard jaune fluorescent.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Une poule qui couve ses poussins sous ses ailes.
  2. Cette fois, la déco est monacale. Les murs sont badigeonnés d'un enduit coquille d'œuf à faire chialer une nichée de poussins.

This word in other languages

chick(English)pollito(Español)Küken(Deutsch)pinto(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opussin
  • posusin
  • pousin
  • pousisn
  • poussinn
  • poussni
  • ppoussin
  • puossin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of poussin - 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.

opussin2posusin2pousin1pousisn2poussinn1poussni2ppoussin1puossin2
Edit distance from "poussin"

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 "poussin"?
"poussin" is spelled P-O-U-S-S-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pu.sɛ̃\.
What does "poussin" mean?
As a noun, "poussin" means: Petit de la poule encore recouvert de duvet.
What words are commonly confused with "poussin"?
"poussin" is commonly confused with "poussins", "Prussien", "pousse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "poussin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "poussin" is \pu.sɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "poussin" come from?
"poussin" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pilules#15,718pénales#15,732perdait#15,713peluche#15,712

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

poutre8 variantsromane8 variantsoctave8 variantssalaud8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list