la piler
\la pi.le\
The verdict
“la piler” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avoir faim.
Corpus desk
Index FR-la-piler · la piler · French
la piler · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | la piler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \la pi.le\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « la piler » en français
Rare enough to double-check
la piler is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \la pi.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Avoir faim.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for la piler, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is la piler, spelled L-A- -P-I-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Avoir faim.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how la piler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il mettait alors son superbe uniforme – il avait d’ailleurs une merveilleuse prestance, une gueule un peu hispanique – et comme il la pilait, avec sa troisième femme et son gosse, vraiment pas de quoi bouffer, il avait acheté des boîtes de camping qu’il glissait dans les basques de son habit. Arrivé devant le buffet, il les remplissait à ras bord pour les…
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