lait en poudre

\lɛ ɑ̃ pudʁ\

/\lɛ ɑ̃ pudʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“lait en poudre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lait déshydraté.

Key facts for lait en poudre
PropertyValue
Headwordlait en poudre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lɛ ɑ̃ pudʁ\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “lait en poudre” sits in French frequency

lait en poudre falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lait en poudre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \lɛ ɑ̃ pudʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lait déshydraté.".

lait en poudre doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is lait en poudre, spelled L-A-I-T- -E-N- -P-O-U-D-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lait déshydraté.

This word in other languages

Milchpulver(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lait en poudre"?
"lait en poudre" is spelled L-A-I-T- -E-N- -P-O-U-D-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \lɛ ɑ̃ pudʁ\.
What does "lait en poudre" mean?
As a noun, "lait en poudre" means: Lait déshydraté.
How do you pronounce "lait en poudre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lait en poudre" is \lɛ ɑ̃ pudʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lait en poudre" come from?
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Using “lait en poudre”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is L-A-I-T- -E-N- -P-O-U-D-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \lɛ ɑ̃ pudʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list