nid de poule
\nid.(ə).pul\
The verdict
“nid de poule” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cavité de forme arrondie et à bords francs pouvant se produire à la surface de la chaussée par enlèvement de matériaux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nid-de-poule · nid de poule · French
nid de poule · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" 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 | nid de poule |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nid.(ə).pul\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nid de poule” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nid de poule is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \nid.(ə).pul\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cavité de forme arrondie et à bords francs pouvant se produire à la surface de la chaussée par enlèvement de matériaux.".
Zero misspellings are on record for nid de poule in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is nid de poule, spelled N-I-D- -D-E- -P-O-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1Cavité de forme arrondie et à bords francs pouvant se produire à la surface de la chaussée par enlèvement de matériaux.
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