pâte feuilletée

\pɑt fœ.jə.te\

/\pɑt fœ.jə.te\/ noun

The verdict

“pâte feuilletée” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pâte constituée de couches alternées de pâte et de matière grasse, formées par une succession de pliages et de laminages, utilisée en pâtisserie et dans les préparations salées.

Key facts for pâte feuilletée
PropertyValue
Headwordpâte feuilletée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɑt fœ.jə.te\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “pâte feuilletée” sits in French frequency

pâte feuilletée 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

pâte feuilletée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɑt fœ.jə.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pâte constituée de couches alternées de pâte et de matière grasse, formées par une succession de pliages et de laminages, utilisée en pâtisserie et dans les préparations salées.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for pâte feuilletée in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pâte feuilletée, spelled P-Â-T-E- -F-E-U-I-L-L-E-T-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pâte constituée de couches alternées de pâte et de matière grasse, formées par une succession de pliages et de laminages, utilisée en pâtisserie et dans les préparations salées.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pâte feuilletée"?
"pâte feuilletée" is spelled P-Â-T-E- -F-E-U-I-L-L-E-T-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɑt fœ.jə.te\.
What does "pâte feuilletée" mean?
As a noun, "pâte feuilletée" means: Pâte constituée de couches alternées de pâte et de matière grasse, formées par une succession de pliages et de laminages, utilisée en pâtisserie et dans les préparations salées.
How do you pronounce "pâte feuilletée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pâte feuilletée" is \pɑt fœ.jə.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pâte feuilletée" come from?
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Using “pâte feuilletée”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is P-Â-T-E- -F-E-U-I-L-L-E-T-É-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \pɑt fœ.jə.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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