pulpe
\pylp\
The verdict
“pulpe” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #26,490 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #26,490
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Substance charnue ou molle des fruits et des légumes.
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 | pulpe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pylp\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #26,490 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pulpe” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for pulpe is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pylp\. Corpus data places it at rank #26,490 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for pulpe, with forms such as "plupe", "ppulpe", and "pulep". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pure", "pute", "purge", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is pulpe, spelled P-U-L-P-E.
Definition
- 1Substance charnue ou molle des fruits et des légumes.
- 2Chair des végétaux réduite en une sorte de pâte ou de bouillie.
- 3Parties molles ou charnues du corps humain.
- 4Pâte à papier.
- 5Restes de découpe des poissons broyés et réduits en purée, utilisés dans les plats cuisinés.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: plupe,ppulpe,pulep,pullpe,pulppe,puple,uplpe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pulpe - 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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Using “pulpe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-U-L-P-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pylp\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “pure” - see the side-by-side comparison. pulpe vs pure
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.