pomme de terre
\pɔm də tɛʁ\
The verdict
“pomme 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
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rhizome souterrain tubérisé de forme plus ou moins sphérique et cabossé, souvent un peu allongé et consommé comme légume.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pomme-de-terre · pomme de terre · French
pomme de terre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 terre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔm də tɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
pomme de terre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔm də tɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pomme de terre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et quel festin ! De l’oie rôtie, des pommes de terre bouillies, du pain, du fromage !
Faites cuire des pommes de terre à l’eau salée, ôtez la pelure, coupez les en tranches.
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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.