laid comme un pou
\lɛ kɔ.m‿œ̃ pu\
The verdict
“laid comme un pou” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Très laid.
Corpus desk
Index FR-laid-comme-un-pou · laid comme un pou · French
laid comme un pou · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | laid comme un pou |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \lɛ kɔ.m‿œ̃ pu\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
laid comme un pou is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \lɛ kɔ.m‿œ̃ pu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Très laid.".
laid comme un pou has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is laid comme un pou, spelled L-A-I-D- -C-O-M-M-E- -U-N- -P-O-U.
Definition
- 1Très laid.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how laid comme un pou appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
– Quand tu sera grand, disait le fils de la cuisinière, tu seras laid comme un pou…
Tu as toujours été laid comme un pou, je ne te l’ai jamais caché, mais autrefois tu avais quand même un certain type dans le genre peigne-cul de cambrousse et pécore vicieuse, tu avais même une sorte de sexapile pour certains amateurs.
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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.