en pièces
\ɑ̃ pjɛs\
The verdict
“en pièces” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En petit morceaux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-en-pieces · en pièces · French
en pièces · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | en pièces |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃ pjɛs\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
en pièces is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ɑ̃ pjɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En petit morceaux.".
No misspelling variants are generated for en pièces in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 en pièces, spelled E-N- -P-I-È-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1En petit morceaux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how en pièces appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sur les côtes de la Bretagne et de l’Anjou, Bernard de Jussieu et Guettard mirent en pièces à l’envi actinies et astéries.
Il fallut passer la première nuit sans feu et sans lumière. Les moteurs qui alimentaient les dynamos avaient été mis en pièces, et personne ne possédait d’allumettes ; […].
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.