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 September 3, 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...
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Index EN-piastre · piastre · English
piastre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | piastre |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /piˈæstɚ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “piastre” in English
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how piastre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The Silkes, Velvets, Cloth of gold, and Tissue, Pyasters, Chicqueenes and Sultanies, which is gold and silver, they unloaded in foure and twentie houres, was wonderfull [...].
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.