pierre levée
\pjɛʁ lə.ve\
The verdict
“pierre levée” 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
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Monument préhistorique formé de pierres brutes de grande dimension (menhir, dolmen, cromlech).
| 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) |
Where “pierre levée” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for pierre levée is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pjɛʁ lə.ve\. 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: "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).
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 levée”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-I-E-R-R-E- -L-E-V-É-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pjɛʁ lə.ve\ (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.