poudre de cacao
\pudʁ də ka.ka.o\
The verdict
“poudre de cacao” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Poudre obtenue après torréfaction et broyage de l’amande des fèves de cacao fermentées produites par le cacaoyer, pressage et séparation de la graisse de cacao.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | poudre de cacao |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pudʁ də ka.ka.o\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “poudre de cacao” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
poudre de cacao is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pudʁ də ka.ka.o\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Poudre obtenue après torréfaction et broyage de l’amande des fèves de cacao fermentées produites par le cacaoyer, pressage et séparation de la graisse de cacao.".
Zero misspellings are on record for poudre de cacao in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is poudre de cacao, spelled P-O-U-D-R-E- -D-E- -C-A-C-A-O.
Definition
- 1Poudre obtenue après torréfaction et broyage de l’amande des fèves de cacao fermentées produites par le cacaoyer, pressage et séparation de la graisse de cacao.
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Using “poudre de cacao”
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- The one correct French spelling is P-O-U-D-R-E- -D-E- -C-A-C-A-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pudʁ də ka.ka.o\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.