peau de zébi

\po.dze.bi\

/\po.dze.bi\/ pron

The verdict

“peau de zébi” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a pronoun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Rien du tout.

Key facts for peau de zébi
PropertyValue
Headwordpeau de zébi
LanguageFrench
Part of speechPronoun
IPA\po.dze.bi\
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “peau de zébi” sits in French frequency

peau de zébi 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.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for peau de zébi is 12 letters long, classified as a pronoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \po.dze.bi\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Rien du tout.".

peau de zébi doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is peau de zébi, spelled P-E-A-U- -D-E- -Z-É-B-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rien du tout.

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 "peau de zébi"?
"peau de zébi" is spelled P-E-A-U- -D-E- -Z-É-B-I. The IPA pronunciation is \po.dze.bi\.
What does "peau de zébi" mean?
As a pronoun, "peau de zébi" means: Rien du tout.
How do you pronounce "peau de zébi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "peau de zébi" is \po.dze.bi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "peau de zébi" come from?
"peau de zébi" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “peau de zébi”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is P-E-A-U- -D-E- -Z-É-B-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \po.dze.bi\ (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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list