poutine

\pu.tin\

/\pu.tin\/ noun

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The verdict

“poutine” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,433. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,433
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mets composé de pommes de terre frites garnies de fromage en grains et arrosées d’une sauce brune chaude, très populaire au Québec.

Corpus desk

Index FR-poutine · poutine · French

poutine · rank #4,433 · 9 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,433
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH poil

Nearest frequency peer: poil (-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 « poutine »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « poutine » 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).

poutine vs poutre
71% similar
poutine vs patine
71% similar
poutine vs potins
71% similar

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

Key facts for poutine
PropertyValue
Headwordpoutine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pu.tin\
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,433
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « poutine »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).poutinese 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 « poil » (#4,432), « prenne » (#4,434), « parts » (#4,431). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « poutine » est au #4,433. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around poutine (IPA \pu.tin\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,433 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for poutine, with forms such as "oputine", "potuine", and "pouitne". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "poutre", "patine", "potins", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is poutine, spelled P-O-U-T-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mets composé de pommes de terre frites garnies de fromage en grains et arrosées d’une sauce brune chaude, très populaire au Québec.
  2. 2
    Mets similaire à base de pommes de terre frites mais avec d’autres types de garnitures (généralement les sauces).
  3. 3
    Mets composé d’une boule de pâte entourant une farce de viande (généralement lard & veau), comme un ravioli.
  4. 4
    Sujets ou activités banals et courants.
  5. 5
    Foutaises.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et pas question de prétexter un problème d’argent pour maintenir la poutine dans les cantines. « Bien manger ne coûte pas forcément plus cher, dit-elle […] »
  2. Saviez-vous que nos élèves mangent un repas complet pour 1,45 $ ? Que chaque repas comprend une bonne portion de légumes ? Qu’aucune frite, poutine, friandise ou boisson gazeuse n’est servie dans nos cafétérias ?

Synonyms

peloteplotteragoût de plottes

This word in other languages

poutine(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oputine
  • potuine
  • pouitne
  • poutien
  • poutinne
  • poutnie
  • pouttine
  • ppoutine
  • puotine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of poutine - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

oputine2potuine2pouitne2poutien2poutinne1poutnie2pouttine1ppoutine1
Edit distance from "poutine"

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 "poutine"?
"poutine" is spelled P-O-U-T-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pu.tin\.
What does "poutine" mean?
As a noun, "poutine" means: Mets composé de pommes de terre frites garnies de fromage en grains et arrosées d’une sauce brune chaude, très populaire au Québec.
What words are commonly confused with "poutine"?
"poutine" is commonly confused with "poutre", "patine", "potins". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "poutine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "poutine" is \pu.tin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "poutine" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

offrent#4,430numéros#4,428facture#4,421exister#4,420

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

façons9 variantsvoisine9 variantsachats9 variantsbronze9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list