picoler

\pi.kɔ.le\

/\pi.kɔ.le\/ verb

The verdict

“picoler” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,971. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,971
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Boire des boissons alcooliques (transitif).

Corpus desk

Index FR-picoler · picoler · French

picoler · rank #37,971 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,971
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH photographiée

Nearest frequency peer: photographiée (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « picoler »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « picoler » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

picoler vs piller
71% similar
picoler vs piloter
71% similar
picoler vs pivoter
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for picoler
PropertyValue
Headwordpicoler
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pi.kɔ.le\
Letters7
Frequency rank#37,971
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « picoler »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).picolerse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « photographiée » (#37,970), « pilori » (#37,972), « permaculture » (#37,969). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « picoler » est au #37,971. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around picoler (IPA \pi.kɔ.le\), averb. Corpus frequency is #37,971 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for picoler, with forms such as "ipcoler", "pcioler", and "piccoler". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "piller", "piloter", "pivoter", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is picoler, spelled P-I-C-O-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Boire des boissons alcooliques (transitif).
  2. 2
    Consommer de l’alcool régulièrement et excessivement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how picoler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. On se marre comme des fous en jouant à chat, chat perché, et même chat-bite quand on a un peu trop picolé.
  2. Alors, que voulez-vous qu’ils fassent ? Qu’ils beuvaillent, fricotent, baffrent, fument la pipe, chantent, dansent, cavalcadent, boustifaillent, tortillent, goinfrent ou pignochent, boulottent, buvotent, lichent, picolent, chopinent, trinquent et qu’ils rotent et qu’ils cuvent ?

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ipcoler
  • pcioler
  • piccoler
  • picloer
  • picoelr
  • picolerr
  • picoller
  • picolre
  • piocler
  • ppicoler

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of picoler - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ipcoler2pcioler2piccoler1picloer2picoelr2picolerr1picoller1picolre2
Edit distance from "picoler"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "picoler"?
"picoler" is spelled P-I-C-O-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pi.kɔ.le\.
What does "picoler" mean?
As a verb, "picoler" means: Boire des boissons alcooliques (transitif).
What words are commonly confused with "picoler"?
"picoler" is commonly confused with "piller", "piloter", "pivoter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "picoler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "picoler" is \pi.kɔ.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "picoler" come from?
"picoler" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "picoler", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list