lèche-pieds
\lɛʃ.pje\
The verdict
“lèche-pieds” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne servile envers ses supérieurs ou ceux qui ont un pouvoir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-leche-pieds · lèche-pieds · French
lèche-pieds · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | lèche-pieds |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɛʃ.pje\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lèche-pieds » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lèche-pieds is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \lɛʃ.pje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne servile envers ses supérieurs ou ceux qui ont un pouvoir.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for lèche-pieds in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is lèche-pieds, spelled L-È-C-H-E---P-I-E-D-S.
Definition
- 1Personne servile envers ses supérieurs ou ceux qui ont un pouvoir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lèche-pieds appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au demeurant, c’était un brave homme, familier avec tout le monde, jovial et sans malice ; il avait son franc-parler, même avec les riches ; la puissance de l’argent le laissait froid ; ce n’était pas un lèche-pieds comme j’en ai tant vu depuis.
This word in other languages
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.