marché aux puces
\maʁ.ʃe o pys\
The verdict
“marché aux puces” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marché où se vendent des objets d’occasion, souvent de faible valeur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-marche-aux-puces · marché aux puces · French
marché aux puces · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | marché aux puces |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \maʁ.ʃe o pys\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « marché aux puces » en français
Rare enough to double-check
marché aux puces is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \maʁ.ʃe o pys\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Marché où se vendent des objets d’occasion, souvent de faible valeur.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for marché aux puces, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is marché aux puces, spelled M-A-R-C-H-É- -A-U-X- -P-U-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1Marché où se vendent des objets d’occasion, souvent de faible valeur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how marché aux puces appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’ensemble de l’étalage rappelle les exhibitions de ce marché de brocanteurs dénommé « le Marché aux puces ».
Les flâneries du photographe au marché aux puces, avec des prises de vue échelonnées sur six ans, n'ont pas le même degré d'étrangeté : le marché aux puces est, dans l'entre-deux-guerres, un motif littéraire et plastique fréquent.
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.