feu de paille
\fø də paj\
The verdict
“feu de paille” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Feu de paille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-feu-de-paille · feu de paille · French
feu de paille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | feu de paille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fø də paj\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « feu de paille » en français
Rare enough to double-check
feu de paille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fø də paj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
feu de paille has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is feu de paille, spelled F-E-U- -D-E- -P-A-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Feu de paille.
- 2Sentiment vif et passager.
- 3Ce qui commence de façon vive et qui ne dure pas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how feu de paille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
– La guerre ressemble à ces femmes qui font tourner la tête, dont on craint les maladies, les coups de nerf, les tromperies, qui vous ensorcellent, vous rendent fous, maigres, pourris et cocus, mais pleins à jamais de souvenirs, incendies que les autres prennent toujours pour des feux de paille !
Dans la bourgeoisie, dans le peuple surtout, l’enthousiasme fut grand au lendemain des journées de février ; ces apprentis républicains avaient hâte de dépenser leur fièvre révolutionnaire. Mais pour les rentiers de la ville neuve, ce beau feu eut l’éclat et la durée d’un feu de paille.
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.