pecuniary
\pɪˈkjuːniːˌɛɹiː\
The verdict
“pecuniary” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Pécuniaire, pécunier , relatif à l’argent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pecuniary · pecuniary · French
pecuniary · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | pecuniary |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pɪˈkjuːniːˌɛɹiː\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
pecuniary is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pɪˈkjuːniːˌɛɹiː\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pécuniaire, pécunier , relatif à l’argent.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pecuniary, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 pecuniary, spelled P-E-C-U-N-I-A-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Pécuniaire, pécunier , relatif à l’argent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pecuniary appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
what is usually done by persons of my station and pecuniary circumstances?
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.