chair de poule
\ʃɛʁ də pul\
The verdict
“chair de poule” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hérissement des poils de la peau, souvent dans le cou ou sur les bras, causée par le froid (ou la peur, au moins dans la tradition populaire).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chair de poule |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃɛʁ də pul\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chair de poule” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
chair de poule is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃɛʁ də pul\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hérissement des poils de la peau, souvent dans le cou ou sur les bras, causée par le froid (ou la peur, au moins dans la tradition populaire).".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for chair de poule, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is chair de poule, spelled C-H-A-I-R- -D-E- -P-O-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1Hérissement des poils de la peau, souvent dans le cou ou sur les bras, causée par le froid (ou la peur, au moins dans la tradition populaire).
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “chair de poule”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-H-A-I-R- -D-E- -P-O-U-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃɛʁ də pul\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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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.