donner la chair de poule
\dɔ.ne la ʃɛʁ də pul\
The verdict
“donner la chair de poule” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 24
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Provoquer un hérissement des poils de la peau.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | donner la chair de poule |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \dɔ.ne la ʃɛʁ də pul\ |
| Letters | 24 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “donner la chair de poule” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for donner la chair de poule is 24 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \dɔ.ne la ʃɛʁ də pul\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for donner la chair de poule, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is donner la chair de poule, spelled D-O-N-N-E-R- -L-A- -C-H-A-I-R- -D-E- -P-O-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1Provoquer un hérissement des poils de la peau.
- 2Faire peur.
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.
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Using “donner la chair de poule”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-O-N-N-E-R- -L-A- -C-H-A-I-R- -D-E- -P-O-U-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \dɔ.ne la ʃɛʁ də pul\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.