peigner la girafe
\pɛ.ɲe la ʒi.ʁaf\
The verdict
“peigner la girafe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Effectuer en vain une tâche très longue, travailler inutilement.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | peigner la girafe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pɛ.ɲe la ʒi.ʁaf\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “peigner la girafe” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
peigner la girafe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pɛ.ɲe la ʒi.ʁaf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
peigner la girafe 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, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is peigner la girafe, spelled P-E-I-G-N-E-R- -L-A- -G-I-R-A-F-E.
Definition
- 1Effectuer en vain une tâche très longue, travailler inutilement.
- 2Ne rien faire de son temps.
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.
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Using “peigner la girafe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-E-I-G-N-E-R- -L-A- -G-I-R-A-F-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɛ.ɲe la ʒi.ʁaf\ (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.