menthe poivrée
\mɑ̃t pwa.vʁe\
The verdict
“menthe poivrée” 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) - Menthe issue d'une hybridation spontanée, hexaploïde, entre la menthe aquatique et la menthe verte, cultivée en Angleterre à partir du XVIIᵉ siècle.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | menthe poivrée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɑ̃t pwa.vʁe\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “menthe poivrée” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
menthe poivrée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɑ̃t pwa.vʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Menthe issue d'une hybridation spontanée, hexaploïde, entre la menthe aquatique et la menthe verte, cultivée en Angleterre à partir du XVIIᵉ siècle.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for menthe poivrée, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is menthe poivrée, spelled M-E-N-T-H-E- -P-O-I-V-R-É-E.
Definition
- 1Menthe issue d'une hybridation spontanée, hexaploïde, entre la menthe aquatique et la menthe verte, cultivée en Angleterre à partir du XVIIᵉ siècle.
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Using “menthe poivrée”
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- The one correct French spelling is M-E-N-T-H-E- -P-O-I-V-R-É-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mɑ̃t pwa.vʁe\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.