piège

\pjɛʒ\

/\pjɛʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“piège” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,167. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,167
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrument, machine dont on se sert pour prendre des animaux, comme les loups, les renards, les insectes nuisibles, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-piege · piège · French

piège · rank #5,167 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,167
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH PIB

Nearest frequency peer: PIB (-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 « piège »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « piège » 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).

piège vs pig
60% similar
piège vs pire
60% similar
piège vs pile
60% similar

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

Key facts for piège
PropertyValue
Headwordpiège
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pjɛʒ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,167
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « piège »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.piègese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « PIB » (#5,166), « plaire » (#5,168), « pension » (#5,165). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « piège » est au #5,167. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around piège (IPA \pjɛʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,167 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for piège, with forms such as "ipège", "piege", and "pigèe". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pig", "pire", "pile", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is piège, spelled P-I-È-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Instrument, machine dont on se sert pour prendre des animaux, comme les loups, les renards, les insectes nuisibles, etc.
  2. 2
    Dispositif dissimulé ou d’aspect inoffensif destiné à prendre par surprise un adversaire pour le blesser ou le tuer.
  3. 3
    Dispositif ou substance utilisés pour procéder à un piégeage d'un composant chimique.
  4. 4
    Embûche, artifice dont on se sert pour tromper quelqu’un.
  5. 5
    Cendrier.
  6. 6
    Avion de chasse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et partant lors qu’on tend le piege, faut sçauoir ou presumer la pesanteur de la beste, à laquelle on tend & auoir d'auantage obserué, si elle est grande ou petite pour jugër de sa pesanteur, laquelle ne peut marcher sur le piege que d’vn pied à la fois. Et partãt c'est la moitié presque de la pesanteur de la beste.
  2. On ne prend jamais au piège les petits de la Taupe : quelquefois les Taupes, au lieu d’entrer dans le piège, remplissent si exactement de terre la taupière, qu’on a peine à la vuider ; […].

Synonyms

embûche

This word in other languages

trap(English)trampa(Español)Falle(Deutsch)alçapão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ipège
  • piege
  • pigèe
  • pièeg
  • piègge
  • ppiège
  • pèige

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of piège - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ipège2piege1pigèe2pièeg2piègge1ppiège1pèige2
Edit distance from "piège"

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 "piège"?
"piège" is spelled P-I-È-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pjɛʒ\.
What does "piège" mean?
As a noun, "piège" means: Instrument, machine dont on se sert pour prendre des animaux, comme les loups, les renards, les insectes nuisibles, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "piège"?
"piège" is commonly confused with "pig", "pire", "pile". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "piège"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "piège" is \pjɛʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "piège" come from?
"piège" 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 "piège", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

passez7 variantspanneau7 variantstante7 variantsHamon7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list