des pieds à la tête
\dɛ pje a la tɛt\
The verdict
“des pieds à la tête” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sur tout le corps, de bas en haut.
Corpus desk
Index FR-des-pieds-a-la-tete · des pieds à la tête · French
des pieds à la tête · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | des pieds à la tête |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \dɛ pje a la tɛt\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « des pieds à la tête » en français
Rare enough to double-check
des pieds à la tête is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \dɛ pje a la tɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
des pieds à la tête doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 des pieds à la tête, spelled D-E-S- -P-I-E-D-S- -À- -L-A- -T-Ê-T-E.
Definition
- 1Sur tout le corps, de bas en haut.
- 2Attentivement, en parlant d'examiner quelqu’un.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how des pieds à la tête appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et s’il était couché, pourquoi, en entendant du bruit, a-t-il pris la peine de s’habiller des pieds à la tête, au lieu de se vêtir sommairement ?
Il s'était renippé soigneusement des pieds à la tête et, bénéficiant d'une incontestable élégance naturelle, il réussissait complétement à dépouiller le vieil homme.
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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.