pied-d’alouette

noun

The verdict

“pied-d’alouette” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Plante herbacée du genre Consolida et du genre Delphinium de la famille des Ranunculaceae (renonculacées) regroupant plus de 550 espèces (au total des 2 genres) dont certaines cultivées comme plant...

Corpus desk

Index FR-pied-d-alouette · pied-d’alouette · French

pied-d’alouette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-7 7 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.

Key facts for pied-d’alouette
PropertyValue
Headwordpied-d’alouette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “pied-d’alouette” sits in French frequency

pied-d’alouette 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.

Rare enough to double-check

pied-d’alouette is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plante herbacée du genre Consolida et du genre Delphinium de la famille des Ranunculaceae (renonculacées) regroupant plus de 550 espèces (au total des 2 genres) dont certaines cultivées comme plant...".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pied-d’alouette, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 pied-d’alouette, spelled P-I-E-D---D-’-A-L-O-U-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plante herbacée du genre Consolida et du genre Delphinium de la famille des Ranunculaceae (renonculacées) regroupant plus de 550 espèces (au total des 2 genres) dont certaines cultivées comme plantes ornementales.

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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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pied-d’alouette"?
"pied-d’alouette" is spelled P-I-E-D---D-’-A-L-O-U-E-T-T-E.
What does "pied-d’alouette" mean?
As a noun, "pied-d’alouette" means: Plante herbacée du genre Consolida et du genre Delphinium de la famille des Ranunculaceae (renonculacées) regroupant plus de 550 espèces (au total des 2 genres) dont certaines cultivées comme plant...
What language does "pied-d’alouette" come from?
"pied-d’alouette" 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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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