envoyer des piques

\ɑ̃.vwa.je de pik\

/\ɑ̃.vwa.je de pik\/ verb

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The verdict

“envoyer des piques” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dire des choses désagréables à son interlocuteur pour l'agacer ou le provoquer.

Key facts for envoyer des piques
PropertyValue
Headwordenvoyer des piques
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.vwa.je de pik\
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “envoyer des piques” sits in French frequency

envoyer des piques 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.

Rare enough to double-check

envoyer des piques is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.vwa.je de pik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dire des choses désagréables à son interlocuteur pour l'agacer ou le provoquer.".

Zero misspellings are on record for envoyer des piques in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 envoyer des piques, spelled E-N-V-O-Y-E-R- -D-E-S- -P-I-Q-U-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dire des choses désagréables à son interlocuteur pour l'agacer ou le provoquer.

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 "envoyer des piques"?
"envoyer des piques" is spelled E-N-V-O-Y-E-R- -D-E-S- -P-I-Q-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.vwa.je de pik\.
What does "envoyer des piques" mean?
As a verb, "envoyer des piques" means: Dire des choses désagréables à son interlocuteur pour l'agacer ou le provoquer.
How do you pronounce "envoyer des piques"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "envoyer des piques" is \ɑ̃.vwa.je de pik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "envoyer des piques" come from?
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Using “envoyer des piques”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is E-N-V-O-Y-E-R- -D-E-S- -P-I-Q-U-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ɑ̃.vwa.je de pik\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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