repose-pieds
\ʁə.poz.pje\
The verdict
“repose-pieds” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dispositif bas pour poser un pied ou les pieds.
Corpus desk
Index FR-repose-pieds · repose-pieds · French
repose-pieds · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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-pieds |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁə.poz.pje\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
repose-pieds is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁə.poz.pje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dispositif bas pour poser un pied ou les pieds.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for repose-pieds, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 repose-pieds, spelled R-E-P-O-S-E---P-I-E-D-S.
Definition
- 1Dispositif bas pour poser un pied ou les pieds.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how repose-pieds appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tommy sirota un whiskey-sour au bar, un mocassin lustré posé sur le repose-pieds, le sourire toujours en place, le visage tourné vers la foule, à croire que le brouhaha qui s’en levait était une extension de l’adulation qui l’avait baigné comme une houle, tant d’années auparavant, lorsque montaient, en crescendo justificateur, dans quelque salle moite de…
Marcel s’est installé sur un repose-pieds en forme de balancelle, petit meuble démodé, prétentieux, encombrant.
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.