apporter sa pierre à l’édifice

\a.pɔʁ.te sa pjɛ.ʁ‿a l‿e.di.fis\

/\a.pɔʁ.te sa pjɛ.ʁ‿a l‿e.di.fis\/ verb

The verdict

“apporter sa pierre à l’édifice” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
30
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Contribuer avec ses propres moyens.

Key facts for apporter sa pierre à l’édifice
PropertyValue
Headwordapporter sa pierre à l’édifice
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.pɔʁ.te sa pjɛ.ʁ‿a l‿e.di.fis\
Letters30
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “apporter sa pierre à l’édifice” sits in French frequency

apporter sa pierre à l’édifice falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for apporter sa pierre à l’édifice is 30 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.pɔʁ.te sa pjɛ.ʁ‿a l‿e.di.fis\. 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: "Contribuer avec ses propres moyens.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for apporter sa pierre à l’édifice, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 apporter sa pierre à l’édifice, spelled A-P-P-O-R-T-E-R- -S-A- -P-I-E-R-R-E- -À- -L-’-É-D-I-F-I-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Contribuer avec ses propres moyens.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "apporter sa pierre à l’édifice"?
"apporter sa pierre à l’édifice" is spelled A-P-P-O-R-T-E-R- -S-A- -P-I-E-R-R-E- -À- -L-’-É-D-I-F-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.pɔʁ.te sa pjɛ.ʁ‿a l‿e.di.fis\.
What does "apporter sa pierre à l’édifice" mean?
As a verb, "apporter sa pierre à l’édifice" means: Contribuer avec ses propres moyens.
How do you pronounce "apporter sa pierre à l’édifice"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "apporter sa pierre à l’édifice" is \a.pɔʁ.te sa pjɛ.ʁ‿a l‿e.di.fis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "apporter sa pierre à l’édifice" come from?
"apporter sa pierre à l’édifice" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “apporter sa pierre à l’édifice”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is A-P-P-O-R-T-E-R- -S-A- -P-I-E-R-R-E- -À- -L-’-É-D-I-F-I-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \a.pɔʁ.te sa pjɛ.ʁ‿a l‿e.di.fis\ (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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list