piastre
/piˈæstɚ/
"piastre" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“piastre” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A coin and unit of currency, originally a Spanish or Spanish-American one worth eight real, later also used (with various values) in the Ottoman Empire and in Cyprus, in the French-speaking parts o...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | piastre |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /piˈæstɚ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “piastre” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
piastre is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /piˈæstɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for piastre in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French piastre, from Italian piastra (“plate of wood or metal; coin”), probably from Latin emplastra. The correct English form is piastre, spelled P-I-A-S-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1A coin and unit of currency, originally a Spanish or Spanish-American one worth eight real, later also used (with various values) in the Ottoman Empire and in Cyprus, in the French-speaking parts of Canada, and in French Indochina.
- 2A form of currency currently used as a subunit in the Middle Eastern and East African countries of Egypt, Jordan (partly including Palestine), Lebanon, South Sudan, Sudan, and Syria.
- 3A dollar.
Etymology
From French piastre, from Italian piastra (“plate of wood or metal; coin”), probably from Latin emplastra.
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.
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Using “piastre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-I-A-S-T-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /piˈæstɚ/ (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.