papier à lettres
\pa.pje a lɛtʁ\
The verdict
“papier à lettres” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Type de papier destiné à la correspondance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-papier-a-lettres · papier à lettres · French
papier à lettres · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | papier à lettres |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pa.pje a lɛtʁ\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « papier à lettres » en français
Rare enough to double-check
papier à lettres is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pa.pje a lɛtʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Type de papier destiné à la correspondance.".
papier à lettres has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is papier à lettres, spelled P-A-P-I-E-R- -À- -L-E-T-T-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Type de papier destiné à la correspondance.
This word in other languages
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.