poussoir
\pu.swaʁ\
The verdict
“poussoir” is uncommon French (frequency #71,814 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,814
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pièce destinée à transmettre une poussée, en particulier pour commander l’ouverture ou la fermeture d’une soupape.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | poussoir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pu.swaʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #71,814 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “poussoir” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
poussoir is uncommon French at frequency #71,814 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pu.swaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for poussoir in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is poussoir, spelled P-O-U-S-S-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1Pièce destinée à transmettre une poussée, en particulier pour commander l’ouverture ou la fermeture d’une soupape.
- 2Bouton sur lequel on appuie pour enclencher ou interrompre un fonctionnement.
- 3Cylindre terminé par un bouton qu’on pousse pour activer une fonction d’une montre.
- 4Tout instrument servant à pousser hors de l’œsophage ou d’ailleurs les corps étrangers.
- 5Appareil servant à embosser la chair dans un boyau.
- 6Outil emmanché destiné à repousser la neige sur le sol.
This word in other languages
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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Using “poussoir”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-O-U-S-S-O-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pu.swaʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.