pois de terre

noun

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The verdict

“pois de terre” 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 May 6, 2026) - Une plante herbacée de la famille des Fabacées (Fabaceae), originaire d'Afrique occidentale, aux feuilles trifoliées, elliptiques et allongées, qui est largement cultivée pour ses graines ressembla...

Key facts for pois de terre
PropertyValue
Headwordpois de terre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “pois de terre” sits in French frequency

pois de terre 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

pois de terre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pois de terre, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is pois de terre, spelled P-O-I-S- -D-E- -T-E-R-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Une plante herbacée de la famille des Fabacées (Fabaceae), originaire d'Afrique occidentale, aux feuilles trifoliées, elliptiques et allongées, qui est largement cultivée pour ses graines ressemblant à des haricots et récoltées sous terre à l'instar des arachides (Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc., 1981).
  2. 2
    Synonyme d'arachide (Arachis hypogaea L., 1753).

Synonyms

gadianépois bambaravoandzouvoanzouvoandjoboryvoanjovorypistache malgachepois pistacheharicot pistachepois souterrain

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pois de terre"?
"pois de terre" is spelled P-O-I-S- -D-E- -T-E-R-R-E.
What does "pois de terre" mean?
As a noun, "pois de terre" means: Une plante herbacée de la famille des Fabacées (Fabaceae), originaire d'Afrique occidentale, aux feuilles trifoliées, elliptiques et allongées, qui est largement cultivée pour ses graines ressembla...
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Using “pois de terre”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is P-O-I-S- -D-E- -T-E-R-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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