pomme de terre
\pɔm də tɛʁ\
The verdict
“pomme de terre” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Rhizome souterrain tubérisé de forme plus ou moins sphérique et cabossé, souvent un peu allongé et consommé comme légume.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pomme de terre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔm də tɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pomme de terre” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for pomme de terre is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pɔm də tɛʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pomme de terre, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is pomme de terre, spelled P-O-M-M-E- -D-E- -T-E-R-R-E.
Definition
- 1Rhizome souterrain tubérisé de forme plus ou moins sphérique et cabossé, souvent un peu allongé et consommé comme légume.
- 2Plante herbacée cultivée d’origine andine de la famille des solanacées dont la pomme de terre constitue le tubercule.
- 3Airelle rouge, fruit proche de la myrtille.
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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.
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Using “pomme de terre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-O-M-M-E- -D-E- -T-E-R-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɔm də tɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.