pierre semi-précieuse
\pjɛʁ sə.mi.pʁe.sjøz\
The verdict
“pierre semi-précieuse” 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
- 21
- 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 fluorine, le lapis-lazuli, la topaze, la clinozoïsite etc.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pierre semi-précieuse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pjɛʁ sə.mi.pʁe.sjøz\ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pierre semi-précieuse” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for pierre semi-précieuse is 21 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pjɛʁ sə.mi.pʁe.sjøz\. 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 fluorine, le lapis-lazuli, la topaze, la clinozoïsite etc.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pierre semi-précieuse, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is pierre semi-précieuse, spelled P-I-E-R-R-E- -S-E-M-I---P-R-É-C-I-E-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1Gemme autre que les quatre pierres précieuses, comme l’aigue-marine, l’améthyste, la fluorine, le lapis-lazuli, la topaze, la clinozoïsite etc.
Synonyms
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 one correct French spelling is P-I-E-R-R-E- -S-E-M-I---P-R-É-C-I-E-U-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pjɛʁ sə.mi.pʁe.sjøz\ (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.