pupille

\py.pij\

/\py.pij\/ noun

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The verdict

“pupille” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,757. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,757
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Orphelin mineur qui est sous l’autorité d’un tuteur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pupille · pupille · French

pupille · rank #30,757 · 8 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,757
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH prêtés

Nearest frequency peer: prêtés (-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 « pupille »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pupille » 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).

pupille vs pupitre
71% similar
pupille vs pupilles
88% similar
pupille vs Pille
57% similar

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

Key facts for pupille
PropertyValue
Headwordpupille
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\py.pij\
Letters7
Frequency rank#30,757
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pupille »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.pupillese 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 « prêtés » (#30,756), « pénombre » (#30,758), « préservés » (#30,755). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pupille » est au #30,757. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around pupille (IPA \py.pij\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,757 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for pupille, with forms such as "ppuille", "ppupille", and "puiplle". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "pupitre", "pupilles", "Pille", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is pupille, spelled P-U-P-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Orphelin mineur qui est sous l’autorité d’un tuteur.
  2. 2
    Jeune sportif à la fin de l’enfance, vers 12 ans (mais les limites peuvent varier).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mais serait-il loisible à un tuteur de détourner la moindre partie des biens de son pupille, pour secourir même son père ?
  2. Et en effet, encore pupille et sous la prétexte, il osait déjà recommander des accusés aux juges et interposer son crédit dans le barreau avec tant d’efficacité que plus d’un jugement fut notoirement arraché par lui. Où ne se fût pas emportée une si précoce ambition ?

This word in other languages

ward(English)tutelado(Español)Mündel(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ppuille
  • ppupille
  • puiplle
  • pupile
  • pupilel
  • puplile
  • puppille
  • uppille

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pupille - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ppuille2ppupille1puiplle2pupile1pupilel2puplile2puppille1uppille2
Edit distance from "pupille"

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 "pupille"?
"pupille" is spelled P-U-P-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \py.pij\.
What does "pupille" mean?
As a noun, "pupille" means: Orphelin mineur qui est sous l’autorité d’un tuteur.
What words are commonly confused with "pupille"?
"pupille" is commonly confused with "pupitre", "pupilles", "Pille". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pupille"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pupille" is \py.pij\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pupille" come from?
"pupille" 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 "pupille", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

plastic#30,740rendais#30,775Phyllis#30,738Ritchie#30,782

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

proxy8 variantsquorum8 variantspotier8 variantsreleva8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list