à la graisse de chevaux de bois
\a la ɡʁɛs də ʃə.vo də bwa\
The verdict
“à la graisse de chevaux de bois” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 31
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De la dernière qualité ; qui ne vaut rien.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-la-graisse-de-chevaux- · à la graisse de chevaux de bois · French
à la graisse de chevaux de bois · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 31 letters
- VOW-12 12 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "À" 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 | à la graisse de chevaux de bois |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a la ɡʁɛs də ʃə.vo də bwa\ |
| Letters | 31 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
à la graisse de chevaux de bois is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a la ɡʁɛs də ʃə.vo də bwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "De la dernière qualité ; qui ne vaut rien.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for à la graisse de chevaux de bois in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 à la graisse de chevaux de bois, spelled À- -L-A- -G-R-A-I-S-S-E- -D-E- -C-H-E-V-A-U-X- -D-E- -B-O-I-S.
Definition
- 1De la dernière qualité ; qui ne vaut rien.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à la graisse de chevaux de bois appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On est tous des poires de s’embarbouiller dans des combines à la graisse de chevaux de bois, pleines de risque et qui vous rapportent des haricots ... tandis qu’il y a quelque chose de juteux à la portée de notre main ...
Des boniments à la graisse de chevaux de bois !
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.