puisque
\pɥisk\
The verdict
“puisque” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #775. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #775
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sert à marquer une cause, un motif, une raison.
Corpus desk
Index FR-puisque · puisque · French
puisque · rank #775 · 9 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #775
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH regarder
Nearest frequency peer: regarder (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “puisque”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- lit
lit
99,230 corpus weight
- mauvais
mauvais
99,228 corpus weight
- puisque
puisque
99,226 corpus weight
- regarder
regarder
99,225 corpus weight
- soient
soient
99,224 corpus weight
- Soleil
Soleil
99,223 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “puisque” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | puisque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| IPA | \pɥisk\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #775 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “puisque” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around puisque (IPA \pɥisk\), aconjunction. Corpus frequency is #775 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for puisque, with forms such as "piusque", "ppuisque", and "puiqsue". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "puisse", "punique", "pique", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is puisque, spelled P-U-I-S-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Sert à marquer une cause, un motif, une raison.
- 2Exclamation.
- 3Marque une raison d’énoncer la proposition principale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how puisque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gaston craque dans l’âtre une longue allumette nommée « togearde » puisque fabriquée par les paysans de Toges, un village de l’Argonne ardennaise.
Le téléphone avait sonné plusieurs fois, des cons qu'elle n’avait pu s’empêcher d’envoyer aux pelotes, quelle importance puisque de toute façon, sans le moineau, l’émission était foutue.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- piusque
- ppuisque
- puiqsue
- puisqeu
- puisqque
- puissque
- puisuqe
- pusique
- upisque
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of puisque - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "puisque", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "puisque". Here's where to go from here.
- "puisque" maps to 7 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "puisse". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #775 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.