droit comme un piquet
The verdict
“droit comme un piquet” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de droit comme un i.
Corpus desk
Index FR-droit-comme-un-piquet · droit comme un piquet · French
droit comme un piquet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | droit comme un piquet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « droit comme un piquet » en français
Rare enough to double-check
droit comme un piquet is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de droit comme un i.".
No misspelling variants are generated for droit comme un piquet in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is droit comme un piquet, spelled D-R-O-I-T- -C-O-M-M-E- -U-N- -P-I-Q-U-E-T.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de droit comme un i.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how droit comme un piquet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous avouerons que, pendant ces raisonnements admiratifs, Lucien, immobile et droit comme un piquet, avait tout l’air d’un niais.
Dans l'espoir de revenir ce soir à la maison couvert de bleus, Pablo saute dans l'arène, ramasse une cape et se fige droit comme un piquet face à la vachette et interpelle la bête. « Hooy toro », de sa petite voix.
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.