tarte aux poils

\taʁ.t‿o pwal\

/\taʁ.t‿o pwal\/ noun

The verdict

“tarte aux poils” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sexe féminin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tarte-aux-poils · tarte aux poils · French

tarte aux poils · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "T" 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.

Key facts for tarte aux poils
PropertyValue
Headwordtarte aux poils
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\taʁ.t‿o pwal\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « tarte aux poils » en français

tarte aux poilsn'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tarte aux poils is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \taʁ.t‿o pwal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sexe féminin.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for tarte aux poils in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. 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.

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 tarte aux poils, spelled T-A-R-T-E- -A-U-X- -P-O-I-L-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sexe féminin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how tarte aux poils appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. […] moi qui te cause, l’ami, moi qui te déconne à longueur de vie, j’ai su un mec qui pleurait en broutant le frifri d’une fille. Qui pleurait d’amour pour elle, en pleine dégustation de tarte aux poils, comme dit l’Audiard. Qui pleurait la bouche pleine, enfouit dans les profondeurs de celle qu’il bouffait […].
  2. Papa, lui pour vraiment s’éclater, se faire téter le gland… se payer une part de tarte aux poils, il allait chez Mme Fernande, Mme Noémie… Mme Lulu… Aux Petites Folies, à la Belle Étoile.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tarte aux poils"?
"tarte aux poils" is spelled T-A-R-T-E- -A-U-X- -P-O-I-L-S. The IPA pronunciation is \taʁ.t‿o pwal\.
What does "tarte aux poils" mean?
As a noun, "tarte aux poils" means: Sexe féminin.
How do you pronounce "tarte aux poils"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tarte aux poils" is \taʁ.t‿o pwal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tarte aux poils" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list