épingle à nourrice
\e.pɛ̃ɡ.l‿a nu.ʁis\
The verdict
“épingle à nourrice” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit objet en métal destiné à attacher ensemble des pièces de tissu d’une manière rapide et temporaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-epingle-a-nourrice · épingle à nourrice · French
épingle à nourrice · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "É" 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 | épingle à nourrice |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.pɛ̃ɡ.l‿a nu.ʁis\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « épingle à nourrice » en français
Rare enough to double-check
épingle à nourrice is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.pɛ̃ɡ.l‿a nu.ʁis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Petit objet en métal destiné à attacher ensemble des pièces de tissu d’une manière rapide et temporaire.".
No misspelling variants are generated for épingle à nourrice in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 épingle à nourrice, spelled É-P-I-N-G-L-E- -À- -N-O-U-R-R-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1Petit objet en métal destiné à attacher ensemble des pièces de tissu d’une manière rapide et temporaire.
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.