pécore
\pe.kɔʁ\
The verdict
“pécore” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit animal de troupeau, petite bête.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pecore · pécore · French
pécore · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | pécore |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pe.kɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pécore » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pécore is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pe.kɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Petit animal de troupeau, petite bête.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pécore, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is pécore, spelled P-É-C-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1Petit animal de troupeau, petite bête.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pécore appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La chétive pécore s’enfla si bien qu’elle creva.
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.