patte de poule

\pat də pul\

/\pat də pul\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de panic.

Corpus desk

Index FR-patte-de-poule · patte de poule · French

patte de poule · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 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 patte de poule
PropertyValue
Headwordpatte de poule
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pat də pul\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « patte de poule » en français

patte de poulesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

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

Rare enough to double-check

patte de poule is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pat də pul\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de panic.".

No misspelling variants are generated for patte de poule in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is patte de poule, spelled P-A-T-T-E- -D-E- -P-O-U-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonyme de panic.

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 "patte de poule"?
"patte de poule" is spelled P-A-T-T-E- -D-E- -P-O-U-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pat də pul\.
What does "patte de poule" mean?
As a noun, "patte de poule" means: Synonyme de panic.
How do you pronounce "patte de poule"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "patte de poule" is \pat də pul\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "patte de poule" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list