pailleuse
\pa.jøz\
The verdict
“pailleuse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Appareil destiné à broyer les balles de paille, et d'épandre celle-ci sur l'aire de stabulation des animaux d'élevage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pailleuse · pailleuse · French
pailleuse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | pailleuse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pa.jøz\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pailleuse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pailleuse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pa.jøz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pailleuse, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pailleuse, spelled P-A-I-L-L-E-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1Appareil destiné à broyer les balles de paille, et d'épandre celle-ci sur l'aire de stabulation des animaux d'élevage.
- 2Personne dont le métier est de pailler les sièges.
- 3Personne qui vend ou qui transporte de la paille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pailleuse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’innovation présentée par la société DUSSAU DISTRIBUTION est une pailleuse pneumatique spéciale permettant à une seule personne d’épandre de la paille plus ou moins broyée (big baller, Round baller et vrac) ainsi que du copeau, de la sciure et des granulés de litière …. (Publicité)
une bonne pailleuse.
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.