nèfles sur paille
\nɛfl syʁ paj\
The verdict
“nèfles sur paille” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Choses de peu de valeur.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nèfles sur paille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nɛfl syʁ paj\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nèfles sur paille” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for nèfles sur paille is 17 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \nɛfl syʁ paj\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Choses de peu de valeur.".
Zero misspellings are on record for nèfles sur paille in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is nèfles sur paille, spelled N-È-F-L-E-S- -S-U-R- -P-A-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Choses de peu de valeur.
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.
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Using “nèfles sur paille”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is N-È-F-L-E-S- -S-U-R- -P-A-I-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \nɛfl syʁ paj\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.