herbe aux puces
\ɛʁ.b‿o pys\
The verdict
“herbe aux puces” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mentha pulegium, la menthe pouliot (Lamiacées).
| 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) |
Where “herbe aux puces” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for herbe aux puces is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛʁ.b‿o pys\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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Using “herbe aux puces”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-E-R-B-E- -A-U-X- -P-U-C-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
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.