peine d’amour
\pɛn d‿a.muʁ\
The verdict
“peine d’amour” 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 May 6, 2026) - État de tristesse profonde et de deuil causé par une rupture amoureuse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-peine-d-amour · peine d’amour · French
peine d’amour · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 d’amour |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɛn d‿a.muʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “peine d’amour” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
peine d’amour is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛn d‿a.muʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "État de tristesse profonde et de deuil causé par une rupture amoureuse.".
No misspelling variants are generated for peine d’amour in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is peine d’amour, spelled P-E-I-N-E- -D-’-A-M-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1État de tristesse profonde et de deuil causé par une rupture amoureuse.
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