poudre d’ange
\pu.dʁə dɑ̃ʒ\
The verdict
“poudre d’ange” 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) - Nom vulgaire de la phencyclidine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-poudre-d-ange · poudre d’ange · French
poudre d’ange · 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | poudre d’ange |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pu.dʁə dɑ̃ʒ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « poudre d’ange » en français
Rare enough to double-check
poudre d’ange is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pu.dʁə dɑ̃ʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom vulgaire de la phencyclidine.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for poudre d’ange, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is poudre d’ange, spelled P-O-U-D-R-E- -D-’-A-N-G-E.
Definition
- 1Nom vulgaire de la phencyclidine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how poudre d’ange appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le PCP, ou la phencyclidine, est initialement un médicament anesthésique développé dans les années 1950 et qui n’est plus utilisé en médecine humaine à cause de ses effets secondaires importants provoquant une agitation et une confusion. Il est synthétisé illégalement et vendu sous le nom de "poudre d’ange" ou "ozone", en particulier sur le darknet et aux…
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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.