poulaitte
\pu.lɛt\
The verdict
“poulaitte” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fiente des volailles.
Corpus desk
Index FR-poulaitte · poulaitte · French
poulaitte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | poulaitte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pu.lɛt\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « poulaitte » en français
Rare enough to double-check
poulaitte is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pu.lɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fiente des volailles.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for poulaitte in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 poulaitte, spelled P-O-U-L-A-I-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Fiente des volailles.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how poulaitte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les excréments des poules , nommés Poulaitte ou Poulinée, sont produits en trop petites quantités dans chaque ferme pour qu'on se donne la peine de les recueillir et employer à part. Le plus généralement on les jette sur les tas de fumier.
La poulaitte n'est autre que la fiente des volailles, telle qu'on l'extrait des poulaillers et qui, pendant la période de la mue, se trouve mélangée de plumes. On peut l'incorporer aux fumiers pour l'appliquer, avant le labour, […].
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.