ombre à paupières
\ɔ̃bʁ‿a po.pjɛʁ\
The verdict
“ombre à paupières” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fard destiné au maquillage des yeux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ombre-a-paupieres · ombre à paupières · French
ombre à paupières · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" 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 | ombre à paupières |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ̃bʁ‿a po.pjɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ombre à paupières” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ombre à paupières is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔ̃bʁ‿a po.pjɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fard destiné au maquillage des yeux.".
No misspelling variants are generated for ombre à paupières in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is ombre à paupières, spelled O-M-B-R-E- -À- -P-A-U-P-I-È-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Fard destiné au maquillage des yeux.
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