pièce d’habitation
The verdict
“pièce d’habitation” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partie d’une maison où l’on se tient pour y vivre.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pièce d’habitation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pièce d’habitation” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pièce d’habitation is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partie d’une maison où l’on se tient pour y vivre.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pièce d’habitation, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is pièce d’habitation, spelled P-I-È-C-E- -D-’-H-A-B-I-T-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Partie d’une maison où l’on se tient pour y vivre.
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.
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Using “pièce d’habitation”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-I-È-C-E- -D-’-H-A-B-I-T-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.