puppy
\ˈpʌp.i\
The verdict
“puppy” is uncommon French (frequency #60,306 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,306
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chiot.
Corpus desk
Index FR-puppy · puppy · French
puppy · rank #60,306 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,306
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pulsar
Nearest frequency peer: pulsar (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « puppy »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- préparerait
préparerait
39,698 corpus weight
- présentèrent
présentèrent
39,697 corpus weight
- pulsar
pulsar
39,696 corpus weight
- puppy
puppy
39,695 corpus weight
- pédiatres
pédiatres
39,694 corpus weight
- pénates
pénates
39,693 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « puppy » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | puppy |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈpʌp.i\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #60,306 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « puppy » en français
Rare enough to double-check
puppy is uncommon French at frequency #60,306 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈpʌp.i\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Chiot.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for puppy, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is puppy, spelled P-U-P-P-Y.
Definition
- 1Chiot.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how puppy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I want a puppy!
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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