pierre de taille
\pjɛʁ də tɑj\
The verdict
“pierre de taille” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pierre dure qui est ou qui doit être taillée conformément au calepin d’appareil pour entrer dans une construction appareillée.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pierre de taille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pjɛʁ də tɑj\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pierre de taille” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for pierre de taille is 16 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pjɛʁ də tɑj\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pierre dure qui est ou qui doit être taillée conformément au calepin d’appareil pour entrer dans une construction appareillée.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pierre de taille, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is pierre de taille, spelled P-I-E-R-R-E- -D-E- -T-A-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Pierre dure qui est ou qui doit être taillée conformément au calepin d’appareil pour entrer dans une construction appareillée.
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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.
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Using “pierre de taille”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-I-E-R-R-E- -D-E- -T-A-I-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pjɛʁ də tɑj\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.