patate frite

\pa.tat fʁit\

/\pa.tat fʁit\/ noun

The verdict

“patate frite” 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 September 3, 2026) - Tranche ou bâtonnet de pomme de terre cuit dans l’huile chaude jusqu’à obtenir une texture dorée et croustillante à l’extérieur et tendre à l’intérieur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-patate-frite · patate frite · French

patate frite · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 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.

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

Longue queue: rang de « patate frite » en français

patate fritereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

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

Rare enough to double-check

patate frite is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pa.tat fʁit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tranche ou bâtonnet de pomme de terre cuit dans l’huile chaude jusqu’à obtenir une texture dorée et croustillante à l’extérieur et tendre à l’intérieur.".

patate frite doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 patate frite, spelled P-A-T-A-T-E- -F-R-I-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tranche ou bâtonnet de pomme de terre cuit dans l’huile chaude jusqu’à obtenir une texture dorée et croustillante à l’extérieur et tendre à l’intérieur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Pourquoi t'as changé ça ? Depuis quand il y a une heure pour manger une patate frite ?

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "patate frite"?
"patate frite" is spelled P-A-T-A-T-E- -F-R-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.tat fʁit\.
What does "patate frite" mean?
As a noun, "patate frite" means: Tranche ou bâtonnet de pomme de terre cuit dans l’huile chaude jusqu’à obtenir une texture dorée et croustillante à l’extérieur et tendre à l’intérieur.
How do you pronounce "patate frite"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "patate frite" is \pa.tat fʁit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "patate frite" come from?
"patate frite" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list