puériculture

\pɥe.ʁi.kyl.tyʁ\

/\pɥe.ʁi.kyl.tyʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“puériculture” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,654. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,654
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
18
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Art d’élever les jeunes enfants.

Corpus desk

Index FR-puericulture · puériculture · French

puériculture · rank #44,654 · 18 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,654
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH punies

Nearest frequency peer: punies (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « puériculture »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « puériculture » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for puériculture
PropertyValue
Headwordpuériculture
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɥe.ʁi.kyl.tyʁ\
Letters12
Frequency rank#44,654
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « puériculture »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).puériculturese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « punies » (#44,653), « pygmées » (#44,655), « prétendaient » (#44,652). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « puériculture » est au #44,654. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around puériculture (IPA \pɥe.ʁi.kyl.tyʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,654 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for puériculture, with forms such as "ppuériculture", "puericulture", and "puréiculture". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 puériculture, spelled P-U-É-R-I-C-U-L-T-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Art d’élever les jeunes enfants.
  2. 2
    Science des méthodes et des procédés propres à développer les jeunes enfants au plan physique et psychologique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how puériculture appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. L'usage de la tétine, encore appelée sucette, a toujours été un objet de polémique. […]. Si la tétine est aujourd'hui très répandue, son utilisation n'a donné lieu qu'à très peu d'écrits dans les manuels de puériculture ou dans les ouvrages de psychologie.

This word in other languages

puericulture(English)puericultura(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ppuériculture
  • puericulture
  • puréiculture
  • puéirculture
  • puérciulture
  • puéricculture
  • puéricluture
  • puéricullture
  • puéricultrue
  • puéricultture
  • puéricultuer
  • puériculturre
  • puériculutre
  • puéricutlure
  • puériuclture
  • puérriculture
  • péuriculture
  • upériculture

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of puériculture - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ppuériculture1puericulture1puréiculture2puéirculture2puérciulture2puéricculture1puéricluture2puéricullture1
Edit distance from "puériculture"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "puériculture"?
"puériculture" is spelled P-U-É-R-I-C-U-L-T-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɥe.ʁi.kyl.tyʁ\.
What does "puériculture" mean?
As a noun, "puériculture" means: Art d’élever les jeunes enfants.
What are common misspellings of "puériculture"?
Common misspellings include "ppuériculture", "puericulture", "puréiculture", "puéirculture", "puérciulture". The correct spelling is "puériculture".
How do you pronounce "puériculture"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "puériculture" is \pɥe.ʁi.kyl.tyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "puériculture" come from?
"puériculture" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "puériculture", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

prétendaient#44,652provocatrice#44,648progressions#44,644programmable#44,643

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

précocement18 variantsprolétarienne18 variantsmagnificence18 variantssédimentaire18 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list