repose-pied
\ʁə.poz.pje\
The verdict
“repose-pied” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Siège bas pour poser un pied ou les pieds.
Corpus desk
Index FR-repose-pied · repose-pied · French
repose-pied · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | repose-pied |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁə.poz.pje\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
repose-pied is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁə.poz.pje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for repose-pied in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is repose-pied, spelled R-E-P-O-S-E---P-I-E-D.
Definition
- 1Siège bas pour poser un pied ou les pieds.
- 2Cale-pied, partie d'un matériel servant à faire reposer ou à caler les pieds.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how repose-pied appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Chaise longue « Pi » et son repose-pied, 1983, métal peint et cuir, vendue 31 000 euros en 2021.
Dans l’intensité cruelle du trafic, il faut deviner les notes de Jeux interdits, mais le guitariste entre deux âges a eu le cran d’installer son petit tabouret et son repose-pied au milieu du trottoir, rue Ordener.
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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.