blé de vache
\ble də vaʃ\
The verdict
“blé de vache” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Un des multiple noms vernaculaires de la mélampyre des champs.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ble-de-vache · blé de vache · French
blé de vache · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | blé de vache |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ble də vaʃ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
blé de vache is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ble də vaʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Un des multiple noms vernaculaires de la mélampyre des champs.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for blé de vache, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is blé de vache, spelled B-L-É- -D-E- -V-A-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Un des multiple noms vernaculaires de la mélampyre des champs.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how blé de vache appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le blé de seconde qualité est encore fort beau, d’un grain égal, quoique encore mêlé de quelques grains de nielle (agrosthema githago) et de mélampyre ou blé de vache, que nos cultivateurs appellent fromentelle, et les boulangers rougeole, parce qu’une très-petite quantité de cette semence suffit pour donner au pain une teinte bleue-rougeâtre très-foncée […]
La MELAMPYRE DES CHAMPS, autrement appelée blé de vache, rougeole, queue de renard , queue de loup, rougette, herbe rouge, rouge-herbe, cornette, mahon, qui est annuelle, souvent très rameuse , rougeâtre , haute d'un pied ; ses feuilles sont sessiles, lancéolées et très longues ; ses fleurs rougeâtres, tachetées de jaune, et les bractées dentées.
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.