confiture de lait
\kɔ̃.fi.tyʁ də lɛ\
The verdict
“confiture de lait” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mélange de lait et de sucre porté à ébullition, puis cuit à feu doux jusqu’à épaississement et obtention d’une couleur caramel.
Corpus desk
Index FR-confiture-de-lait · confiture de lait · French
confiture de lait · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | confiture de lait |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.fi.tyʁ də lɛ\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « confiture de lait » en français
Rare enough to double-check
confiture de lait is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ̃.fi.tyʁ də lɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mélange de lait et de sucre porté à ébullition, puis cuit à feu doux jusqu’à épaississement et obtention d’une couleur caramel.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for confiture de lait in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is confiture de lait, spelled C-O-N-F-I-T-U-R-E- -D-E- -L-A-I-T.
Definition
- 1Mélange de lait et de sucre porté à ébullition, puis cuit à feu doux jusqu’à épaississement et obtention d’une couleur caramel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how confiture de lait appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le manjar est une confiture de lait épaisse dont la recette est originaire d'Amérique du Sud.
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.