peau de fesse
\po də fɛs\
The verdict
“peau de fesse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Peau lisse et sans poils.
Corpus desk
Index FR-peau-de-fesse · peau de fesse · French
peau de fesse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | peau de fesse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \po də fɛs\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
peau de fesse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \po də fɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for peau de fesse in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 peau de fesse, spelled P-E-A-U- -D-E- -F-E-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Peau lisse et sans poils.
- 2Individu stupide, imbécile.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how peau de fesse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais, avec son crâne en peau de fesse, les aficionados russes le prennent pour Barthez.
Pourquoi ? peau de fesse, parce qu’il faut tout de même réfléchir que si nous nous étions lancés directement sur l’ouest, comme des hannetons, qu’aurions-nous de nouveau trouvé, je t’en fais le pari, entre nous et la frontière, nous barrant le chemin ?
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.