pièce de résistance
\pjɛs də ʁe.zis.tɑ̃s\
The verdict
“pièce de résistance” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie principale d’un ensemble.
Corpus desk
Index FR-piece-de-resistance · pièce de résistance · French
pièce de résistance · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 | pièce de résistance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pjɛs də ʁe.zis.tɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
pièce de résistance is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pjɛs də ʁe.zis.tɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pièce de résistance, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is pièce de résistance, spelled P-I-È-C-E- -D-E- -R-É-S-I-S-T-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Partie principale d’un ensemble.
- 2Partie principale d’un ensemble.
- 3Partie principale d’un ensemble.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pièce de résistance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il est vrai que contrairement à l’usage européen, ici la pièce de résistance se sert au début.
La « réception » eut lieu dans sa chambre à coucher, pièce fort étroite, dont le lit, sous ses rideaux de mousseline blanche, était la pièce de résistance. — (Wanda (von) Sacher-Masoch, de ma vie, Éditions Rivages)
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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.