cul-de-jatte
\ky.d(ə.)ʒat\
The verdict
“cul-de-jatte” 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) - Souvent Personne amputée des membres inférieurs ; celui qui ne peut faire usage ni de ses jambes ni de ses cuisses pour marcher.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cul-de-jatte · cul-de-jatte · French
cul-de-jatte · 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 "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 | cul-de-jatte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ky.d(ə.)ʒat\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
cul-de-jatte is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ky.d(ə.)ʒat\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Souvent Personne amputée des membres inférieurs ; celui qui ne peut faire usage ni de ses jambes ni de ses cuisses pour marcher.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for cul-de-jatte in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cul-de-jatte, spelled C-U-L---D-E---J-A-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Souvent Personne amputée des membres inférieurs ; celui qui ne peut faire usage ni de ses jambes ni de ses cuisses pour marcher.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cul-de-jatte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Qu’on me rende impotent, Cul-de-jatte, goutteux, manchot, pourvu qu’en somme Je vive, c’est assez, je suis plus que content.
On n’y voyait que bossus, borgnes, berlous, autrement dit gognats ou bigles, aveugles, manchots, bancals, bancroches, boiteux, tortus, cagneux, culs-de-jatte […]
Synonyms
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.