pierre levée
\pjɛʁ lə.ve\
The verdict
“pierre levée” 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) - Monument préhistorique formé de pierres brutes de grande dimension (menhir, dolmen, cromlech).
Corpus desk
Index FR-pierre-levee · pierre levée · French
pierre levée · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 levée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pjɛʁ lə.ve\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pierre levée » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pierre levée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pjɛʁ lə.ve\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Monument préhistorique formé de pierres brutes de grande dimension (menhir, dolmen, cromlech).".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pierre levée, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is pierre levée, spelled P-I-E-R-R-E- -L-E-V-É-E.
Definition
- 1Monument préhistorique formé de pierres brutes de grande dimension (menhir, dolmen, cromlech).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pierre levée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais Estivareilles est surtout connu pour posséder plusieurs « menhirs christianisés », et il nous faut combattre une légende, celle de l’origine préhistorique de ces pierres levées.
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.