psautier
\pso.tje\
The verdict
“psautier” is an uncommon French word, ranked #52,926 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #52,926
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Recueil des psaumes composés par David ou qui lui sont communément attribués.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | psautier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pso.tje\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,926 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “psautier” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for psautier is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pso.tje\. Corpus data places it at rank #52,926 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for psautier, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is psautier, spelled P-S-A-U-T-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Recueil des psaumes composés par David ou qui lui sont communément attribués.
- 2Livre, manuscrit ou imprimé, qui contient les psaumes.
- 3Voile qui couvre la tête et les épaules, porté par quelques religieuses.
- 4Chapelet monastique doté de 150 grains, autant qu’il y a de psaumes dans le psautier chrétien.
- 5Se dit des abats formés par le feuillet des ruminants.
Synonyms
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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 “psautier”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-S-A-U-T-I-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pso.tje\ (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.