pierre fine
\pjɛʁ fin\
The verdict
“pierre fine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gemme autre que les quatre pierres précieuses, comme l’aigue-marine, l’améthyste, la citrine, le grenat, la topaze, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pierre-fine · pierre fine · French
pierre fine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 fine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pjɛʁ fin\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pierre fine » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pierre fine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pjɛʁ fin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.