fouler aux pieds
\fu.le(.ʁ‿)o pje\
The verdict
“fouler aux pieds” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marcher sur quelqu’un, sur quelque chose presque toujours avec un sentiment de mépris, de colère, de vengeance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fouler-aux-pieds · fouler aux pieds · French
fouler aux pieds · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | fouler aux pieds |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fu.le(.ʁ‿)o pje\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fouler aux pieds » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fouler aux pieds is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fu.le(.ʁ‿)o pje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
fouler aux pieds doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is fouler aux pieds, spelled F-O-U-L-E-R- -A-U-X- -P-I-E-D-S.
Definition
- 1Marcher sur quelqu’un, sur quelque chose presque toujours avec un sentiment de mépris, de colère, de vengeance.
- 2Traiter avec mépris ce qui est important, ce qui est sacré.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fouler aux pieds appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jézabel fut foulée aux pieds des chevaux.
Le duc de Guise foula aux pieds le corps de l’amiral Coligny.
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.