poutrer

\pu.tʁe\

/\pu.tʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“poutrer” is uncommon French (frequency #86,042 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,042
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Déchirer ; être d’une qualité exceptionnelle ; être impressionnant ; envoyer du bois.

Corpus desk

Index FR-poutrer · poutrer · French

poutrer · rank #86,042 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,042
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pourrissant

Nearest frequency peer: pourrissant (-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 « poutrer »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « poutrer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for poutrer
PropertyValue
Headwordpoutrer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pu.tʁe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#86,042
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « poutrer » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).poutrertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « pourrissant » (#86,041), « powerful » (#86,043), « prati » (#86,044). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « poutrer » est au #86,042. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

poutrer is uncommon French at frequency #86,042 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \pu.tʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for poutrer, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is poutrer, spelled P-O-U-T-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Déchirer ; être d’une qualité exceptionnelle ; être impressionnant ; envoyer du bois.
  2. 2
    Faire l’amour.
  3. 3
    Causer des dégâts ; détruire.
  4. 4
    S’entre-déchirer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un personnage surarmé, c'est chouette parce que ça poutre... mais il suffit de se mettre à la place des innocents PNJ qu'il fréquente pour comprendre que ce profil ne donne pas vraiment confiance.
  2. — Whaa ! Ça poutre ! m'a félicité Kévin. On dirait une crucifixion. C'était pas faux. La tête penchée sur le côté, mon Santa barbu semblait agoniser, en victime de la route.

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 "poutrer"?
"poutrer" is spelled P-O-U-T-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pu.tʁe\.
What does "poutrer" mean?
As a verb, "poutrer" means: Déchirer ; être d’une qualité exceptionnelle ; être impressionnant ; envoyer du bois.
How do you pronounce "poutrer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "poutrer" is \pu.tʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "poutrer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

plisser#86,026précéda#86,062pédants#86,071perfore#86,009

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list