homme de pied
\ɔm də pje\
The verdict
“homme de pied” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fantassin, soldat qui servait à pied.
Corpus desk
Index FR-homme-de-pied · homme de pied · French
homme de pied · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | homme de pied |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔm də pje\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
homme de pied is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔm də pje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for homme de pied, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is homme de pied, spelled H-O-M-M-E- -D-E- -P-I-E-D.
Definition
- 1Fantassin, soldat qui servait à pied.
- 2Homme qui va à pied.
- 3Celui qui assiste au sol l’élagueur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how homme de pied appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le lendemain 17ᵉ, ayant fait revue, nous trouvâmes huit mille hommes de pied, et huit mille chevaux dans l’armée de Turenne ; cinq cents chevaux, et trois cents hommes de pied dans celle de la Ferté.
Pour me défendre du froid, j’avais confectionné, d’une vieille jambe de pantalon kaki, une sorte de capuche à court mantelet qui me faisait une tête de grand manant de miniature et j’avais précisément pour camarade à ce commando un doux colosse auvergnat (employé de Postes), grossi de quatre ou cinq chandails et le chef casqué d’un calot rabattu sur les j…
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.