poule de luxe
\pul də lyks\
The verdict
“poule de luxe” 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) - Gallinacée élevée pour l’apparat ou la décoration.
Corpus desk
Index FR-poule-de-luxe · poule de luxe · French
poule de luxe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | poule de luxe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pul də lyks\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « poule de luxe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
poule de luxe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pul də lyks\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
poule de luxe doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 poule de luxe, spelled P-O-U-L-E- -D-E- -L-U-X-E.
Definition
- 1Gallinacée élevée pour l’apparat ou la décoration.
- 2Femme galante, qui vit de ses charmes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how poule de luxe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Si cette invraisemblable interdiction prenait force de loi, ne serait-ce pas la disparition, non seulement de tous les petits élevages, mais de toutes les races de poules de luxe.
Combien de ses relations, titrées et fortunées, se contentaient de vulgaires poules de luxe, hier dans le ruisseau, aujourd’hui suffisantes, enrubannées, les bras chargés de bracelets coûteux, fréquentant aux quatre coins de Paris les restaurants à la mode […].
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.