pomme de discorde
\pɔm də dis.kɔʁd\
The verdict
“pomme de discorde” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sujet de division entre des personnes qui étaient bien ensemble.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pomme-de-discorde · pomme de discorde · French
pomme de discorde · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 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 | pomme de discorde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔm də dis.kɔʁd\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
pomme de discorde is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔm də dis.kɔʁd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sujet de division entre des personnes qui étaient bien ensemble.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for pomme de discorde in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is pomme de discorde, spelled P-O-M-M-E- -D-E- -D-I-S-C-O-R-D-E.
Definition
- 1Sujet de division entre des personnes qui étaient bien ensemble.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pomme de discorde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ainsi naît un couple sur un malentendu, comme souvent. Plus tard, dans tous les autres albums, l’alcoolisme du capitaine Haddock sera traité avec humour – une pomme de discorde comme en ont tous les vieux couples.
Autre pomme de discorde, la suppression de la taxation réduite sur le gazole non routier utilisé par les engins de chantier contre laquelle des opérations escargot ont été menées lundi en Champagne-Ardenne.
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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.