deux pattes

noun

The verdict

“deux pattes” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Surnom populaire donné à la 2 CV de Citroën.

Corpus desk

Index FR-deux-pattes · deux pattes · French

deux pattes · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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.

Key facts for deux pattes
PropertyValue
Headworddeux pattes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « deux pattes » en français

deux pattesn'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

deux pattes is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Surnom populaire donné à la 2 CV de Citroën.".

Zero misspellings are on record for deux pattes in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 deux pattes, spelled D-E-U-X- -P-A-T-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Surnom populaire donné à la 2 CV de Citroën.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how deux pattes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Une deux pattes, des deux pattes.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "deux pattes"?
"deux pattes" is spelled D-E-U-X- -P-A-T-T-E-S.
What does "deux pattes" mean?
As a noun, "deux pattes" means: Surnom populaire donné à la 2 CV de Citroën.
What language does "deux pattes" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list