patate douce

\pa.tat dus\

/\pa.tat dus\/ noun

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The verdict

“patate douce” 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) - Nom usuel de Ipomoea batatas, plante herbacée, volubile, annuelle, de la famille des Convolvulaceae cultivée pour ses tubercules comestibles.

Corpus desk

Index FR-patate-douce · patate douce · French

patate douce · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 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.

Key facts for patate douce
PropertyValue
Headwordpatate douce
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.tat dus\
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “patate douce” sits in French frequency

patate douce falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

patate douce is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pa.tat dus\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for patate douce in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is patate douce, spelled P-A-T-A-T-E- -D-O-U-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom usuel de Ipomoea batatas, plante herbacée, volubile, annuelle, de la famille des Convolvulaceae cultivée pour ses tubercules comestibles.
  2. 2
    Le tubercule lui-même.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how patate douce appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. C’est une plante vivace cultivée pour ses tubercules, de forme et de couleur variables. On en trouve ainsi à chair blanche, jaune rouge ou pourpre. Ils contiennent, en plus de l’amidon, des dextrines, des sucres et du bêta-carotène (responsable d’une coloration jaune-orangée), en quantités variables selon les variétés… La patate douce était cultivée en Am…
  2. L’ipomée la plus répandue est Ipomea batata, la patate douce ou sweet potato, dont l’origine américaine reste imprécise.Ses tiges sont rampantes ou grimpantes et ses fleurs, disposées en grappe violettes ou blanches selon les races.

Synonyms

patatepatate sucrée

This word in other languages

sweet potato(English)batata(Español)Süßkartoffel(Deutsch)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "patate douce"?
"patate douce" is spelled P-A-T-A-T-E- -D-O-U-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.tat dus\.
What does "patate douce" mean?
As a noun, "patate douce" means: Nom usuel de Ipomoea batatas, plante herbacée, volubile, annuelle, de la famille des Convolvulaceae cultivée pour ses tubercules comestibles.
How do you pronounce "patate douce"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "patate douce" is \pa.tat dus\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "patate douce" come from?
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list