pied-de-poule
\pjed.pul\
The verdict
“pied-de-poule” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Motif tissé, fait de quatre fils entrecroisés de couleur sombre et claire (voir illustration).
Corpus desk
Index FR-pied-de-poule · pied-de-poule · French
pied-de-poule · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | pied-de-poule |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pjed.pul\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
pied-de-poule is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pjed.pul\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Motif tissé, fait de quatre fils entrecroisés de couleur sombre et claire (voir illustration).".
pied-de-poule has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is pied-de-poule, spelled P-I-E-D---D-E---P-O-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1Motif tissé, fait de quatre fils entrecroisés de couleur sombre et claire (voir illustration).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pied-de-poule appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un tweed en pied-de-poule.
J'arrivai soudain à une sorte de carrefour : le val se divisait en trois gorges qui remontaient en pied de poule jusqu'au flanc du mystérieux sommet…
This word in other languages
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.