puisses

\pɥis\

/\pɥis\/ verb

The verdict

“puisses” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,337. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,337
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de pouvoir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-puisses · puisses · French

puisses · rank #14,337 · 7 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,337
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH prédateurs

Nearest frequency peer: prédateurs (-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 « puisses »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « puisses » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

puisses vs puissiez
75% similar
puisses vs puristes
75% similar
puisses vs Pisse
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for puisses
PropertyValue
Headwordpuisses
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pɥis\
Letters7
Frequency rank#14,337
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « puisses »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.puissesse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « prédateurs » (#14,336), « punis » (#14,338), « provinciales » (#14,335). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « puisses » est au #14,337. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around puisses (IPA \pɥis\), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,337 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de pouvoir.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for puisses, with forms such as "piusses", "ppuisses", and "puisess". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "puissiez", "puristes", "Pisse", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is puisses, spelled P-U-I-S-S-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de pouvoir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Je te dis de te repentir, repartit Cédric ; recherche la prière et la pénitence, et puisses-tu trouver la miséricorde céleste !

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • piusses
  • ppuisses
  • puisess
  • puissess
  • puissse
  • pusises
  • upisses

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of puisses - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

piusses2ppuisses1puisess2puissess1puissse2pusises2upisses2
Edit distance from "puisses"

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 "puisses"?
"puisses" is spelled P-U-I-S-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pɥis\.
What does "puisses" mean?
As a verb, "puisses" means: Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de pouvoir.
What words are commonly confused with "puisses"?
"puisses" is commonly confused with "puissiez", "puristes", "Pisse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "puisses"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "puisses" is \pɥis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "puisses" come from?
"puisses" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "puisses", 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 (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list