pierre fine
\pjɛʁ fin\
The verdict
“pierre fine” 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
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gemme autre que les quatre pierres précieuses, comme l’aigue-marine, l’améthyste, la citrine, le grenat, la topaze, etc.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pierre fine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pjɛʁ fin\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pierre fine” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for pierre fine is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pjɛʁ fin\. 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: "Gemme autre que les quatre pierres précieuses, comme l’aigue-marine, l’améthyste, la citrine, le grenat, la topaze, etc.".
pierre fine doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is pierre fine, spelled P-I-E-R-R-E- -F-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Gemme autre que les quatre pierres précieuses, comme l’aigue-marine, l’améthyste, la citrine, le grenat, la topaze, etc.
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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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-I-E-R-R-E- -F-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pjɛʁ fin\ (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.