herbe aux puces
\ɛʁ.b‿o pys\
The verdict
“herbe aux puces” 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 September 3, 2026) - Mentha pulegium, la menthe pouliot (Lamiacées).
Corpus desk
Index FR-herbe-aux-puces · herbe aux puces · French
herbe aux puces · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | herbe aux puces |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛʁ.b‿o pys\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
herbe aux puces is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛʁ.b‿o pys\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
herbe aux puces has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is herbe aux puces, spelled H-E-R-B-E- -A-U-X- -P-U-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1Mentha pulegium, la menthe pouliot (Lamiacées).
- 2Plantago afra, le psyllium brun (Plantaginacées).
- 3Plantago arenaria, le plantain des sables (Plantaginacées).
- 4Plantago sempervirens, le plantain toujours vert ou badasson (Plantaginacées).
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.