pian
\pjɑ̃\
The verdict
“pian” is uncommon French (frequency #68,544 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,544
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maladie tropicale chronique caractérisée principalement par une éruption cutanée suivie de tubercules fongueux à surface granuleuse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pian · pian · French
pian · rank #68,544 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,544
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH phytoplancton
Nearest frequency peer: phytoplancton (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « pian »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- pharynx
pharynx
31,460 corpus weight
- phra
phra
31,459 corpus weight
- phytoplanct…
phytoplancton
31,458 corpus weight
- pian
pian
31,457 corpus weight
- pierreux
pierreux
31,455 corpus weight
- pilonner
pilonner
31,454 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pian » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pian |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pjɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #68,544 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pian » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pian is uncommon French at frequency #68,544 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pjɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pian, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is pian, spelled P-I-A-N.
Definition
- 1Maladie tropicale chronique caractérisée principalement par une éruption cutanée suivie de tubercules fongueux à surface granuleuse.
- 2Nom local de l’opossum commun (Didelphis marsupialis).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pian appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Durant ces tournées, des « automobiles-laboratoires » se rendaient dans les desa et prélevaient des échantillons de sang pour établir des grilles épidémiologiques (les maladies les plus inquiétantes étaient alors des infections parasitaires comme l’ankylostomiase et le pian).
Chose rare, le Béké au ventre mol décrocha sa pétoire du temps des Anglais. Flanqué de mon papa, il … tomba pile sur un nègre marron de mauvaise qualité, couvert de pians, la jambe dévastée par les dogues, le dos en croûte des œuvres d’une rigoise et l’esprit naufragé dans la haine.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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