pulpe

\pylp\

/\pylp\/ noun

The verdict

“pulpe” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,490. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,490
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Substance charnue ou molle des fruits et des légumes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pulpe · pulpe · French

pulpe · rank #26,490 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,490
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH puceau

Nearest frequency peer: puceau (-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 « pulpe »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pulpe » 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).

pulpe vs pure
60% similar
pulpe vs pute
60% similar
pulpe vs purge
60% similar

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

Key facts for pulpe
PropertyValue
Headwordpulpe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pylp\
Letters5
Frequency rank#26,490
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pulpe »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « puceau » (#26,489), « push » (#26,491), « prévenant » (#26,488). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pulpe » est au #26,490. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around pulpe (IPA \pylp\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,490 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Substance charnue ou molle des fruits et des légumes.
  2. 2
    Chair des végétaux réduite en une sorte de pâte ou de bouillie.
  3. 3
    Parties molles ou charnues du corps humain.
  4. 4
    Pâte à papier.
  5. 5
    Restes de découpe des poissons broyés et réduits en purée, utilisés dans les plats cuisinés.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les raisins cueillis sont transportés dans de grandes cuves en bois où des hommes les foulent avec les pieds ; la pulpe étant brisée, les diverses matières constitutives sont ainsi mises en contact intime.
  2. À nouveau, Helmy lui essaya des bracelets. Et c’était pour lui, le prétexte à toucher, de ses doigts brûlants, des poignets blancs comme la pulpe de la canne à sucre.

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.

plupe2ppulpe1pulep2pullpe1pulppe1puple2uplpe2
Edit distance from "pulpe"

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 "pulpe"?
"pulpe" is spelled P-U-L-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pylp\.
What does "pulpe" mean?
As a noun, "pulpe" means: Substance charnue ou molle des fruits et des légumes.
What words are commonly confused with "pulpe"?
"pulpe" is commonly confused with "pure", "pute", "purge". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pulpe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pulpe" is \pylp\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pulpe" come from?
"pulpe" 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 "pulpe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 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