pomme de tire

\pɔm də tiʁ\

/\pɔm də tiʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“pomme de tire” 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 September 3, 2026) - Pomme caramélisée tenue au bout d’un bâtonnet.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pomme-de-tire · pomme de tire · French

pomme de tire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 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.

Key facts for pomme de tire
PropertyValue
Headwordpomme de tire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɔm də tiʁ\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pomme de tire » en français

pomme de tirereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pomme de tire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔm də tiʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pomme caramélisée tenue au bout d’un bâtonnet.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pomme de tire, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is pomme de tire, spelled P-O-M-M-E- -D-E- -T-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pomme caramélisée tenue au bout d’un bâtonnet.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pomme de tire"?
"pomme de tire" is spelled P-O-M-M-E- -D-E- -T-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔm də tiʁ\.
What does "pomme de tire" mean?
As a noun, "pomme de tire" means: Pomme caramélisée tenue au bout d’un bâtonnet.
How do you pronounce "pomme de tire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pomme de tire" is \pɔm də tiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pomme de tire" come from?
"pomme de tire" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list