pierre fitte
\pjɛʁ fit\
The verdict
“pierre fitte” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pierre monumentale dressée et fichée dans le sol.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pierre-fitte · pierre fitte · French
pierre fitte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 fitte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pjɛʁ fit\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pierre fitte » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pierre fitte is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pjɛʁ fit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pierre monumentale dressée et fichée dans le sol.".
pierre fitte doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is pierre fitte, spelled P-I-E-R-R-E- -F-I-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Pierre monumentale dressée et fichée dans le sol.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pierre fitte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les vestiges du culte primitif et du druidisme sont assez rares, grâce au zèle des chrétiens des premiers siècles, qui renversèrent, brisèrent et enfouirent une multitude de pierres-fittes.
L'architecture et la statuaire eurent à regretter un grand nombre de chefs-d'œuvre, victimes de ce vandalisme chrétien qui précéda celui des Barbares. Le célèbre saint Martin de Tours ne laissa pas un temple, pas une pierre fitte, pas un chêne, consacré par le druidisme, debout dans son diocèse.
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.