pubis

/\py.bis\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#45,256

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

pubis is aFrenchnoun. It means: Os situé à la partie antérieure et supérieure du bassin, l'un des trois os pelviens (soudés pour former l’os coxal). Pronounced \py.bis\. Often confused with pus and puis.

Key facts for pubis
PropertyValue
Headwordpubis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\py.bis\
Letters5
Frequency rank#45,256
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of pubis in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for pubis is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \py.bis\. Corpus data places it at rank #45,256 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for pubis, with forms such as "pbuis", "ppubis", and "pubbis". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pus", "puis", "pubs", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is pubis, spelled P-U-B-I-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Os situé à la partie antérieure et supérieure du bassin, l'un des trois os pelviens (soudés pour former l’os coxal).
  2. 2
    Éminence triangulaire située à la partie inférieure du bas-ventre, qui se couvre de poils à l’époque de la puberté. → voir pénil et mont de Vénus

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: pbuis,ppubis,pubbis,pubiss,pubsi,puibs,upbis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pubis

Misspelling Variants of "pubis"

pbuis5ppubis6pubbis6pubiss6pubsi5puibs5upbis5
Misspelling Variants of "pubis"

Frequency rank: #45,256 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pubis"?
"pubis" is spelled P-U-B-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \py.bis\.
What does "pubis" mean?
As a noun, "pubis" means: Os situé à la partie antérieure et supérieure du bassin, l'un des trois os pelviens (soudés pour former l’os coxal).
What words are commonly confused with "pubis"?
"pubis" is commonly confused with "pus", "puis", "pubs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pubis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pubis" is \py.bis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pubis" come from?
"pubis" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.