d’un poil
\dœ̃ pwal\
The verdict
“d’un poil” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De très peu, par une marge très petite.
Corpus desk
Index FR-d-un-poil · d’un poil · French
d’un poil · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | d’un poil |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \dœ̃ pwal\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « d’un poil » en français
Rare enough to double-check
d’un poil is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \dœ̃ pwal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "De très peu, par une marge très petite.".
Zero misspellings are on record for d’un poil in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is d’un poil, spelled D-’-U-N- -P-O-I-L.
Definition
- 1De très peu, par une marge très petite.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how d’un poil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Là, il avisait un paquetage mal tourné, le chambardait avec vigueur, s’apercevait ici que les ficelles d’un trapèze dépassaient d’un poil les mesures autorisées et, d’un coup sec, sabotait l’ensemble férocement.
À quelques très rares exceptions près, ça ne bouge pas d’un millimètre. Pas d’un poil.
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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.