feuilles mortes
\fœj mɔʁt\
The verdict
“feuilles mortes” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de feuille morte.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | feuilles mortes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fœj mɔʁt\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “feuilles mortes” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
feuilles mortes is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fœj mɔʁt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de feuille morte.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for feuilles mortes, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is feuilles mortes, spelled F-E-U-I-L-L-E-S- -M-O-R-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de feuille morte.
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 “feuilles mortes”
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- The one correct French spelling is F-E-U-I-L-L-E-S- -M-O-R-T-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.