psst
The verdict
“psst” is uncommon French (frequency #67,030 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,030
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bruit ou sifflement émis pour interpeller quelqu'un ou appeler un animal
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | psst |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #67,030 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “psst” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
psst is uncommon French at frequency #67,030 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bruit ou sifflement émis pour interpeller quelqu'un ou appeler un animal".
No generated misspelling entries exist for psst in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is psst, spelled P-S-S-T.
Definition
- 1Bruit ou sifflement émis pour interpeller quelqu'un ou appeler un animal
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 “psst”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-S-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.