pauvre d’esprit
\povʁ d‿ɛs.pʁi\
The verdict
“pauvre d’esprit” 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 September 3, 2026) - Personne ayant un léger handicap mental.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pauvre-d-esprit · pauvre d’esprit · French
pauvre d’esprit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pauvre d’esprit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \povʁ d‿ɛs.pʁi\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pauvre d’esprit » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pauvre d’esprit is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \povʁ d‿ɛs.pʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne ayant un léger handicap mental.".
pauvre d’esprit has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is pauvre d’esprit, spelled P-A-U-V-R-E- -D-’-E-S-P-R-I-T.
Definition
- 1Personne ayant un léger handicap mental.
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.