pierre d’angle
\pjɛʁ d‿ɑ̃ɡl\
The verdict
“pierre d’angle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de pierre angulaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pierre-d-angle · pierre d’angle · French
pierre d’angle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 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’angle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pjɛʁ d‿ɑ̃ɡl\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pierre d’angle » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pierre d’angle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pjɛʁ d‿ɑ̃ɡl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for pierre d’angle in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 pierre d’angle, spelled P-I-E-R-R-E- -D-’-A-N-G-L-E.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de pierre angulaire.
- 2Pièce fondamentale d’une construction logique ou principe d’un système.
- 3Personne dont la fonction ou le rôle est essentiel dans une organisation ou une entreprise.
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.