saupoudrer

\so.pu.dʁe\

/\so.pu.dʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“saupoudrer” is uncommon French (frequency #58,255 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,255
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poudrer de sel.

Corpus desk

Index FR-saupoudrer · saupoudrer · French

saupoudrer · rank #58,255 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,255
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH satires

Nearest frequency peer: satires (-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 « saupoudrer »

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 « saupoudrer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for saupoudrer
PropertyValue
Headwordsaupoudrer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\so.pu.dʁe\
Letters10
Frequency rank#58,255
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « saupoudrer » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).saupoudrertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « satires » (#58,254), « saurel » (#58,256), « satellitaires » (#58,253). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « saupoudrer » est au #58,255. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

saupoudrer is uncommon French at frequency #58,255 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \so.pu.dʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

saupoudrer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

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 saupoudrer, spelled S-A-U-P-O-U-D-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Poudrer de sel.
  2. 2
    Poudrer avec une substance pulvérulente.
  3. 3
    Entremêler.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il sortit, et rentra quelques instants après avec un beefsteak cru, saupoudré de sel et de poivre à la mode africaine.
  2. L'eau de mer, solidifiée par la congélation, se libère du chlorure de sodium, mais conserve les sulfates ; les embruns peuvent la saupoudrer de sels, et un peu de saumure reste emprisonnée.

This word in other languages

sprinkle(English)espolvorear(Español)salpicar(Português)

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 "saupoudrer"?
"saupoudrer" is spelled S-A-U-P-O-U-D-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \so.pu.dʁe\.
What does "saupoudrer" mean?
As a verb, "saupoudrer" means: Poudrer de sel.
How do you pronounce "saupoudrer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "saupoudrer" is \so.pu.dʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

révélaient#58,246récréatifs#58,238réconforté#58,237rhumatoïde#58,221

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list