pate à cul
\pa.t‿a ky\
The verdict
“pate à cul” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Serviette hygiénique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pate-a-cul · pate à cul · French
pate à cul · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | pate à cul |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pa.t‿a ky\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pate à cul » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pate à cul is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pa.t‿a ky\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Serviette hygiénique.".
Zero misspellings are on record for pate à cul in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is pate à cul, spelled P-A-T-E- -À- -C-U-L.
Definition
- 1Serviette hygiénique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pate à cul appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
377) Emploi métonymique d’une loc. proche de pate à cul «serviette hygiénique» usuelle encore aujourd’hui en Beaujolais.
Et je peux te dire que chaque année le volume des déchets n'a pas baissé; incroyable tout ce que l'on trouve (j'ai des photos...) : de la simple "pate à cul" -merci mesdames- à la cartouche de gaz des randonneurs (elle est pas arrivé là toute seule).
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.