poêle à bois
\pwa.l‿a bwa\
The verdict
“poêle à bois” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Foyer utilisé pour chauffer une maison ou un bâtiment grâce à la combustion du bois.
Corpus desk
Index FR-poele-a-bois · poêle à bois · French
poêle à bois · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | poêle à bois |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pwa.l‿a bwa\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « poêle à bois » en français
Rare enough to double-check
poêle à bois is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pwa.l‿a bwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
poêle à bois doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is poêle à bois, spelled P-O-Ê-L-E- -À- -B-O-I-S.
Definition
- 1Foyer utilisé pour chauffer une maison ou un bâtiment grâce à la combustion du bois.
- 2Cuisinière au bois.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how poêle à bois appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce conseil est déjà mis en pratique par Dominic Tremblay, un pêcheur qui installe sa cabane à L'Anse-à-Benjamin depuis une dizaine d'années. Avec son système de poêle à bois, son chauffage au propane et sa génératrice, installer un détecteur de monoxyde de carbone lui semblait incontournable.
Synonyms
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.