pèbre d’aï
The verdict
“pèbre d’aï” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de sarriette.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pebre-d-ai · pèbre d’aï · French
pèbre d’aï · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | pèbre d’aï |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pèbre d’aï » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pèbre d’aï is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de sarriette.".
pèbre d’aï has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is pèbre d’aï, spelled P-È-B-R-E- -D-’-A-Ï.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de sarriette.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pèbre d’aï appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« C’est du thym frais, dit-elle. On fera des civets merveilleux. — Du thym ? dit François avec un certain mépris. Il vaut bien mieux le pèbre d’aï… — Qu’est-ce que c’est ? — C’est comme une espèce de thym, et en même temps c’est une espèce de menthe. Mais ça ne peut pas se dire : je vous en ferai voir ! »
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.