de peine et de misère

\də pɛ.n‿e də mi.zɛʁ\

/\də pɛ.n‿e də mi.zɛʁ\/ adv

The verdict

“de peine et de misère” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
21
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Très difficilement, avec beaucoup d’efforts, en y mettant beaucoup de temps.

Key facts for de peine et de misère
PropertyValue
Headwordde peine et de misère
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\də pɛ.n‿e də mi.zɛʁ\
Letters21
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “de peine et de misère” sits in French frequency

de peine et de misère 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 de peine et de misère is 21 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \də pɛ.n‿e də mi.zɛʁ\. 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: "Très difficilement, avec beaucoup d’efforts, en y mettant beaucoup de temps.".

No misspelling variants are generated for de peine et de misère in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is de peine et de misère, spelled D-E- -P-E-I-N-E- -E-T- -D-E- -M-I-S-È-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Très difficilement, avec beaucoup d’efforts, en y mettant beaucoup de temps.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "de peine et de misère"?
"de peine et de misère" is spelled D-E- -P-E-I-N-E- -E-T- -D-E- -M-I-S-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \də pɛ.n‿e də mi.zɛʁ\.
What does "de peine et de misère" mean?
As an adverb, "de peine et de misère" means: Très difficilement, avec beaucoup d’efforts, en y mettant beaucoup de temps.
How do you pronounce "de peine et de misère"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "de peine et de misère" is \də pɛ.n‿e də mi.zɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “de peine et de misère”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is D-E- -P-E-I-N-E- -E-T- -D-E- -M-I-S-È-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \də pɛ.n‿e də mi.zɛʁ\ (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.

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