pierre d’achoppement
\pjɛʁ d‿a.ʃɔp.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“pierre d’achoppement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Difficulté importante à laquelle on se trouve confronté et qu’on a peine à surmonter, sur laquelle on bute régulièrement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pierre-d-achoppement · pierre d’achoppement · French
pierre d’achoppement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | pierre d’achoppement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pjɛʁ d‿a.ʃɔp.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
pierre d’achoppement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pjɛʁ d‿a.ʃɔp.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for pierre d’achoppement in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is pierre d’achoppement, spelled P-I-E-R-R-E- -D-’-A-C-H-O-P-P-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Difficulté importante à laquelle on se trouve confronté et qu’on a peine à surmonter, sur laquelle on bute régulièrement.
- 2Difficulté ou obstacle qui provoque l’incompréhension et vient empêcher la conclusion d’un accord entre deux parties.
- 3Occasion de faillir, de tomber dans l’erreur.
- 4Obstacle imprévu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pierre d’achoppement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le troisième mouvement de ce concerto est la pierre d’achoppement des violonistes.
Cette restauration de l’autorité de l’État sur l’ensemble du pays qui a été l’une des pierres d’achoppement dans la mise en œuvre de l’Accord de Ouagadougou, a enfin trouvé un climat propice à sa réalisation […]
This word in other languages
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.