de la tête aux pieds
\də la tɛ.t‿o pje\
The verdict
“de la tête aux pieds” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sur tout le corps ; de haut en bas.
Corpus desk
Index FR-de-la-tete-aux-pieds · de la tête aux pieds · French
de la tête aux pieds · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 | de la tête aux pieds |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \də la tɛ.t‿o pje\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
de la tête aux pieds is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \də la tɛ.t‿o pje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for de la tête aux pieds, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 de la tête aux pieds, spelled D-E- -L-A- -T-Ê-T-E- -A-U-X- -P-I-E-D-S.
Definition
- 1Sur tout le corps ; de haut en bas.
- 2Attentivement, en parlant d’examiner quelqu’un.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how de la tête aux pieds appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les yeux de Nelly, Ludivine et Clara, si c’était des mitraillettes, mieux que mort, je serais réduit en miettes, passoirisé de la tête aux pieds.
Nous n’hésitâmes pas à choisir le premier, un naturel roux de la tète aux pieds, qui n’avait jamais quitté son île, et en connaissait tous les endroits accessibles.
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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.