légume-feuille
\le.ɡym.fœj\
The verdict
“légume-feuille” 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 September 3, 2026) - Plante potagère dont les feuilles sont consommées comme légume.
Corpus desk
Index FR-legume-feuille · légume-feuille · French
légume-feuille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 | légume-feuille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \le.ɡym.fœj\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « légume-feuille » en français
Rare enough to double-check
légume-feuille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \le.ɡym.fœj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plante potagère dont les feuilles sont consommées comme légume.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for légume-feuille, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is légume-feuille, spelled L-É-G-U-M-E---F-E-U-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Plante potagère dont les feuilles sont consommées comme légume.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how légume-feuille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Coupez les légumes-feuilles en lanières grossières.
Les légumes-feuilles peuvent eux aussi être récalcitrants : les mixer d’abord avec les liquides avant d’ajouter les fruits.
Synonyms
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.