repoussoir
\ʁə.pu.swaʁ\
The verdict
“repoussoir” is uncommon French (frequency #56,880 among 507,453 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,880
- frequency rank, French
- 507,453
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Outil qui sert à faire sortir des clous, des chevilles.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | repoussoir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁə.pu.swaʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #56,880 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “repoussoir” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
repoussoir is uncommon French at frequency #56,880 among 507,453 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁə.pu.swaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for repoussoir in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is repoussoir, spelled R-E-P-O-U-S-S-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1Outil qui sert à faire sortir des clous, des chevilles.
- 2Instrument ou outil qui sert à faire ressortir les reliefs.
- 3Objet vigoureux de couleur ou très ombré, qu’on place sur le devant d’un tableau, pour faire paraître les autres objets plus éloignés.
- 4Personne ou chose qui suscite le rejet.
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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Using “repoussoir”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-E-P-O-U-S-S-O-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁə.pu.swaʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.