fleur des pois
\flœʁ dɛ pwa\
The verdict
“fleur des pois” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifie une personne à qui sa situation sociale, son élégance, donnent une place en vue dans le grand monde.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fleur-des-pois · fleur des pois · French
fleur des pois · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | fleur des pois |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \flœʁ dɛ pwa\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
fleur des pois is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \flœʁ dɛ pwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for fleur des pois, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is fleur des pois, spelled F-L-E-U-R- -D-E-S- -P-O-I-S.
Definition
- 1Qualifie une personne à qui sa situation sociale, son élégance, donnent une place en vue dans le grand monde.
- 2(Collectivement) Ces personnes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fleur des pois appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je ne voudrais pas affirmer que les princesses qui font bouffer leurs jupes dans ces équipages sont des dames du meilleur monde, et que les cavaliers qui caracolent autour d'elles sont la fleur des pois de la gentilhommerie française.
Ceux qui la veille, au théâtre des Bouffes, avaient vu le vicomte de Sainte-Austreberthe, appuyé contre le montant de sa loge, la poitrine bombée, la chevelure frisée, le regard brillant, les lèvres souriantes, représentant admirablement la fleur des pois du gandinisme, ne l’auraient assurément pas reconnu dans l’homme qui dormait là, sur ce lit […]
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.