puits de mine
\pɥi də min\
The verdict
“puits de mine” 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 May 6, 2026) - Trou généralement de section circulaire, servant à l’extraction des produits, au déplacement des ouvriers ou à l'aérage.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | puits de mine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɥi də min\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “puits de mine” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
puits de mine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɥi də min\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for puits de mine in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 puits de mine, spelled P-U-I-T-S- -D-E- -M-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Trou généralement de section circulaire, servant à l’extraction des produits, au déplacement des ouvriers ou à l'aérage.
- 2Installations de forage et d'extraction.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “puits de mine”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-U-I-T-S- -D-E- -M-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɥi də min\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
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.