queue-de-loup
\kø.də.lu\
The verdict
“queue-de-loup” 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) - Mélampyre des champs, aussi appelé queue-de-renard.
Corpus desk
Index FR-queue-de-loup · queue-de-loup · French
queue-de-loup · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Q" 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 | queue-de-loup |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kø.də.lu\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « queue-de-loup » en français
Rare enough to double-check
queue-de-loup is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kø.də.lu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mélampyre des champs, aussi appelé queue-de-renard.".
queue-de-loup doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is queue-de-loup, spelled Q-U-E-U-E---D-E---L-O-U-P.
Definition
- 1Mélampyre des champs, aussi appelé queue-de-renard.
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.