à la mie de pain
\a la mi dpɛ̃\
The verdict
“à la mie de pain” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Très médiocre, ne présentant guère d’intérêt.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-la-mie-de-pain · à la mie de pain · French
à la mie de pain · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 mie de pain |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a la mi dpɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
à la mie de pain is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a la mi dpɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Très médiocre, ne présentant guère d’intérêt.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for à la mie de pain in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 à la mie de pain, spelled À- -L-A- -M-I-E- -D-E- -P-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1Très médiocre, ne présentant guère d’intérêt.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à la mie de pain appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une tête de gouapeur banal, de godailleur vulgaire, de poisseux à la mie de pain.
T’es un gangster à la mie de pain Faut être adroit pour faire carton La prochaine fois tu seras p’t être bon.
Synonyms
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.