power
\ˈpaʊ̯ɐ\
The verdict
“power” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #6,987 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #6,987
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de powern.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | power |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈpaʊ̯ɐ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #6,987 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “power” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for power is 5 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈpaʊ̯ɐ\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,987 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for power, with forms such as "opwer", "poewr", and "powerr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "puer", "prier", "powers", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is power, spelled P-O-W-E-R.
Definition
- 1Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de powern.
- 2Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de powern.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: opwer,poewr,powerr,powre,powwer,ppower,pwoer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of power - 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.
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 “power”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-O-W-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˈpaʊ̯ɐ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “puer” - see the side-by-side comparison. power vs puer
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.