tarte au poil
\taʁ.t‿o pwal\
The verdict
“tarte au poil” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante orthographique de tarte aux poils.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tarte au poil |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \taʁ.t‿o pwal\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tarte au poil” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for tarte au poil is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \taʁ.t‿o pwal\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Variante orthographique de tarte aux poils.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tarte au poil, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is tarte au poil, spelled T-A-R-T-E- -A-U- -P-O-I-L.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de tarte aux poils.
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 “tarte au poil”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-A-R-T-E- -A-U- -P-O-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \taʁ.t‿o pwal\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.