chasse-puce
\ʃas.pys\
The verdict
“chasse-puce” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Autre nom du pouliot sauvage (Mentha pulegium).
Corpus desk
Index FR-chasse-puce · chasse-puce · French
chasse-puce · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | chasse-puce |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃas.pys\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
chasse-puce is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃas.pys\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Autre nom du pouliot sauvage (Mentha pulegium).".
No generated misspelling entries exist for chasse-puce in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is chasse-puce, spelled C-H-A-S-S-E---P-U-C-E.
Definition
- 1Autre nom du pouliot sauvage (Mentha pulegium).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chasse-puce appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Chasse-puce, pouliot sauvage m. (Mentha puligium ^([sic])).
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.