putrescent
\py.tʁe.sɑ̃\
The verdict
“putrescent” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pourrissant, en voie de putréfaction.
Corpus desk
Index FR-putrescent · putrescent · French
putrescent · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | putrescent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \py.tʁe.sɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « putrescent » en français
Rare enough to double-check
putrescent is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \py.tʁe.sɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pourrissant, en voie de putréfaction.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for putrescent, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is putrescent, spelled P-U-T-R-E-S-C-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Pourrissant, en voie de putréfaction.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how putrescent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Chairs putrescentes.
Marchenoir se souvenait des trois cent mille têtes de bétail humain, accompagnant à sa demeure souterraine le Xerxès putrescent de la majorité.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.