poil de carotte
\pwal də ka.ʁɔt\
The verdict
“poil de carotte” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifie une chevelure rousse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-poil-de-carotte · poil de carotte · French
poil de carotte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 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 | poil de carotte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pwal də ka.ʁɔt\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « poil de carotte » en français
Rare enough to double-check
poil de carotte is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pwal də ka.ʁɔt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qualifie une chevelure rousse.".
poil de carotte has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is poil de carotte, spelled P-O-I-L- -D-E- -C-A-R-O-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Qualifie une chevelure rousse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how poil de carotte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lizzie était maigre comme un clou. Cinquante kilos toute mouillée, des cheveux poil de carotte, des dents de lapin et de grosses lunettes. Un véritable épouvantail à moineaux !
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.