pie-grièche
\pi.ɡʁi.jɛʃ\
The verdict
“pie-grièche” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Passereau au bec assez fort, au plumage souvent gris ou brun et avec du blanc et du noir et au cri aigu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pie-grieche · pie-grièche · French
pie-grièche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | pie-grièche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pi.ɡʁi.jɛʃ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pie-grièche » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pie-grièche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pi.ɡʁi.jɛʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
pie-grièche has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented 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 pie-grièche, spelled P-I-E---G-R-I-È-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Passereau au bec assez fort, au plumage souvent gris ou brun et avec du blanc et du noir et au cri aigu.
- 2Femme criarde et querelleuse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pie-grièche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sur des perchoirs scellés dans la muraille étaient deux ou trois faucons de choix et une petite pie-grièche avec laquelle Charles IX s’amusait à voler les petits oiseaux dans le jardin du Louvre.
Alors, elle prenait à témoin la pie-grièche cachée dans l’aubépine ou la mésange à longue queue qui penchait la tête pour l’écouter.
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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.