pst
\p͡st\
The verdict
“pst” is uncommon French (frequency #69,334 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an onomatopoeia. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,334
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Onomatopée utilisée pour appeler l'attention de quelqu'un.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pst · pst · French
pst · rank #69,334 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,334
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH prêtresses
Nearest frequency peer: prêtresses (-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 « pst »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- préservez
préservez
30,670 corpus weight
- prétendante
prétendante
30,669 corpus weight
- prêtresses
prêtresses
30,668 corpus weight
- pst
pst
30,667 corpus weight
- pubère
pubère
30,666 corpus weight
- puerta
puerta
30,665 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pst » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pst |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Onomatopoeia |
| IPA | \p͡st\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #69,334 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pst » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pst is uncommon French at frequency #69,334 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anonomatopoeia, transcribed \p͡st\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Onomatopée utilisée pour appeler l'attention de quelqu'un.".
pst has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pst, spelled P-S-T.
Definition
- 1Onomatopée utilisée pour appeler l'attention de quelqu'un.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pst appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pst ! Tu fais quoi demain ?
Ce n’est pas moi qui grimperai sur une chaise pour faire pst ! pst ! à la Sociale.
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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