pièce jointe
\pjɛs ʒwɛ̃t\
The verdict
“pièce jointe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Document ou fichier annexé au corps d’un message électronique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-piece-jointe · pièce jointe · French
pièce jointe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 jointe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pjɛs ʒwɛ̃t\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pièce jointe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pièce jointe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pjɛs ʒwɛ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
pièce jointe doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 jointe, spelled P-I-È-C-E- -J-O-I-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Document ou fichier annexé au corps d’un message électronique.
- 2Document annexé dans une correspondance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pièce jointe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les réseaux sociaux internes permettent aussi de diminuer le nombre de méls traités quotidiennement, ce qui induit des gains de temps considérables : classer et effacer des méls qui, pour certains, engorgent les messageries avec des pièces jointes volumineuses […], etc.
Vous n’arrivez pas à ouvrir une pièce jointe reçue sur votre messagerie.
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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.