putting

\pu.tiŋ\

/\pu.tiŋ\/ noun

The verdict

“putting” is uncommon French (frequency #77,833 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,833
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Coup joué sur le green avec un putter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-putting · putting · French

putting · rank #77,833 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,833
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH punitif

Nearest frequency peer: punitif (-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 « putting »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « putting » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for putting
PropertyValue
Headwordputting
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pu.tiŋ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#77,833
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « putting » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.puttingtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « punitif » (#77,832), « pâquerette » (#77,834), « prêteront » (#77,831). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « putting » est au #77,833. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

putting is uncommon French at frequency #77,833 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pu.tiŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Coup joué sur le green avec un putter.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for putting, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 putting, spelled P-U-T-T-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Coup joué sur le green avec un putter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un maître paumier a été engagé par la Société pour donner des leçons et surveiller l’entretien des terrains. Comme les années précédentes, un petit terrain de golf sera aménagé pour permettre de s’exercer au « putting ».
  2. Le rythme est un élément primordial. Imaginez un métronome bougeant d’un côté à l’autre : c’est pareil au putting. Gardez la même vitesse au backswing et à la descente.

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 "putting"?
"putting" is spelled P-U-T-T-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is \pu.tiŋ\.
What does "putting" mean?
As a noun, "putting" means: Coup joué sur le green avec un putter.
How do you pronounce "putting"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "putting" is \pu.tiŋ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "putting" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "putting", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list