papier tue-mouches
\pa.pje ty.muʃ\
The verdict
“papier tue-mouches” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Papier collant et empoisonné qui tue les mouches.
Corpus desk
Index FR-papier-tue-mouches · papier tue-mouches · French
papier tue-mouches · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 tue-mouches |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pa.pje ty.muʃ\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
papier tue-mouches is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pa.pje ty.muʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Papier collant et empoisonné qui tue les mouches.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for papier tue-mouches in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is papier tue-mouches, spelled P-A-P-I-E-R- -T-U-E---M-O-U-C-H-E-S.
Definition
- 1Papier collant et empoisonné qui tue les mouches.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how papier tue-mouches appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
M. Ferrand, qui est, à notre connaissance, le premier qui ait vendu du papier tue-mouches, employait l’arsenic à sa préparation, comme nous l’avons reconnu sur tous les échantillons que nous avons examinés ; ….
Sa haute taille, ses souliers passés à la mine de plomb, uniques dans toute une région chaussée d’espadrilles, son habit noir, son chapeau du type Syndic-des-Drapiers qui gisait sur la table, son œil de mulâtre à sclérotique plus ambrée que la glu du papier tue-mouches qui tombait du plafond, tout en lui révélait l’homme cauteleux et fort.
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.