couleur de peau
\ku.lœʁ də po\
The verdict
“couleur de peau” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Teinte extérieure visible de l’épiderme, déterminée par la présence de mélanine, de carotène et par la vascularisation, souvent utilisée comme critère social ou identitaire dans la perception des i...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | couleur de peau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ku.lœʁ də po\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “couleur de peau” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
couleur de peau is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ku.lœʁ də po\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Teinte extérieure visible de l’épiderme, déterminée par la présence de mélanine, de carotène et par la vascularisation, souvent utilisée comme critère social ou identitaire dans la perception des i...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for couleur de peau, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is couleur de peau, spelled C-O-U-L-E-U-R- -D-E- -P-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1Teinte extérieure visible de l’épiderme, déterminée par la présence de mélanine, de carotène et par la vascularisation, souvent utilisée comme critère social ou identitaire dans la perception des individus et des groupes.
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 “couleur de peau”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-U-L-E-U-R- -D-E- -P-E-A-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ku.lœʁ də po\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
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.