peine-à-jouir
\pɛ.n‿a.ʒwiʁ\
The verdict
“peine-à-jouir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui a du mal à atteindre un orgasme ou à éprouver du plaisir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-peine-a-jouir · peine-à-jouir · French
peine-à-jouir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | peine-à-jouir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɛ.n‿a.ʒwiʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
peine-à-jouir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛ.n‿a.ʒwiʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
peine-à-jouir doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is peine-à-jouir, spelled P-E-I-N-E---À---J-O-U-I-R.
Definition
- 1Personne qui a du mal à atteindre un orgasme ou à éprouver du plaisir.
- 2Personne ennuyeuse par son refus à éprouver du plaisir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how peine-à-jouir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’étais hantée par cette idée qu’il fallait avoir du plaisir, que sinon je ne serais qu'une coincée-du-cul, une peine-à-jouir, etc.
Les hontes d’hier n’avaient plus cours. La culpabilité était moquée, nous sommes tous des judéo-crétins, la misère sexuelle dénoncée, peine-à-jouir l’insulte capitale.
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.