et le pouce
\e lə pus\
The verdict
“et le pouce” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. 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) - Se dit après l'expression d'une quantité, pour signifier qu'elle est sous-estimée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-et-le-pouce · et le pouce · French
et le pouce · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | et le pouce |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \e lə pus\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « et le pouce » en français
Rare enough to double-check
et le pouce is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \e lə pus\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se dit après l'expression d'une quantité, pour signifier qu'elle est sous-estimée.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for et le pouce, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 et le pouce, spelled E-T- -L-E- -P-O-U-C-E.
Definition
- 1Se dit après l'expression d'une quantité, pour signifier qu'elle est sous-estimée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how et le pouce appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Faut pas croire, parce que j'ai cent deux ans, que je n'ai pas de bons yeux ! Le camarade d'hier soir avait la soixantaine…, et le pouce avec. Je m'y connais !
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.