puriste
\py.ʁist\
The verdict
“puriste” is uncommon French (frequency #53,570 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,570
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a un grand souci de la correction du langage, du style.
Corpus desk
Index FR-puriste · puriste · French
puriste · rank #53,570 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,570
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH puff
Nearest frequency peer: puff (-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 « puriste »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- ptdr
ptdr
46,435 corpus weight
- puceaux
puceaux
46,433 corpus weight
- puff
puff
46,432 corpus weight
- puriste
puriste
46,431 corpus weight
- Pygmalion
Pygmalion
46,430 corpus weight
- pâtée
pâtée
46,429 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « puriste » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | puriste |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \py.ʁist\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,570 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « puriste » en français
Rare enough to double-check
puriste is uncommon French at frequency #53,570 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \py.ʁist\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
puriste doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is puriste, spelled P-U-R-I-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Qui a un grand souci de la correction du langage, du style.
- 2Qui a un souci de la pureté des mœurs.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how puriste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Madame Beauzée couchait avec un maître de langue allemande. M. Beauzée les surprit au retour de l'Académie. L'Allemand dit à la femme : « Quand je vous disais qu'il était temps que je m'en aille. » M. Beauzée, toujours puriste, lui dit : « Que je m'en allasse, monsieur ».
J'étais devenue puriste sans trop le savoir, ce qui me rendait critique à l'égard des pratiques linguistiques de celles et ceux qui dérogeaient à un idéal pourtant désincarné, attitude qui se retournait forcément contre moi et me rendait très insécure.
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).