putter
\pœ.tœʁ\
The verdict
“putter” is uncommon French (frequency #96,276 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,276
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bâton de golf, pour frapper la balle sur de courtes distances.
Corpus desk
Index FR-putter · putter · French
putter · rank #96,276 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,276
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH purgeait
Nearest frequency peer: purgeait (-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 « putter »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- préparèrent
préparèrent
3,728 corpus weight
- présentatri…
présentatrices
3,727 corpus weight
- purgeait
purgeait
3,726 corpus weight
- putter
putter
3,725 corpus weight
- PVD
PVD
3,724 corpus weight
- pédologique
pédologique
3,723 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « putter » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | putter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pœ.tœʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #96,276 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « putter » en français
Rare enough to double-check
putter is uncommon French at frequency #96,276 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pœ.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bâton de golf, pour frapper la balle sur de courtes distances.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for putter, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is putter, spelled P-U-T-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Bâton de golf, pour frapper la balle sur de courtes distances.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how putter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’objectif final au golf est de faire rouler la balle dans le trou à l’aide d’un club spécifique : le putter.
Située à Carlsbad en Californie et spécialisée dans la fabrication d'équipement de golf, cette compagnie fabrique des bois, des fers, des wedges, des putters, des balles de golf et licencie son nom pour ce qui concerne l'habillement, les chaussures, les chronomètres et les accessoires.
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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