peuplier noir
\pø.pli.je nwaʁ\
The verdict
“peuplier noir” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom vulgaire de Populus niger]],arbre pouvant atteindre une hauteur de 30 mètres, caractéristique des ripisylves arborescentes ourlant les berges alluvionnaires d’un certain nombre de cours d’eau.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | peuplier noir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pø.pli.je nwaʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “peuplier noir” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for peuplier noir is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pø.pli.je nwaʁ\. 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: "Nom vulgaire de Populus niger]],arbre pouvant atteindre une hauteur de 30 mètres, caractéristique des ripisylves arborescentes ourlant les berges alluvionnaires d’un certain nombre de cours d’eau.".
Zero misspellings are on record for peuplier noir in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is peuplier noir, spelled P-E-U-P-L-I-E-R- -N-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1Nom vulgaire de Populus niger]],arbre pouvant atteindre une hauteur de 30 mètres, caractéristique des ripisylves arborescentes ourlant les berges alluvionnaires d’un certain nombre de cours d’eau.
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 “peuplier noir”
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- The one correct French spelling is P-E-U-P-L-I-E-R- -N-O-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pø.pli.je nwaʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.