pierres

\pjɛʁ\

/\pjɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“pierres” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,349. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,349
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de pierre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pierres · pierres · French

pierres · rank #3,349 · 8 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,349
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH physiques

Nearest frequency peer: physiques (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « pierres »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « pierres » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pierres vs pires
71% similar
pierres vs piètre
57% similar
pierres vs prêtres
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for pierres
PropertyValue
Headwordpierres
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pjɛʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,349
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pierres »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).pierresse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « physiques » (#3,348), « pis » (#3,350), « pascal » (#3,347). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pierres » est au #3,349. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around pierres (IPA \pjɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,349 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de pierre.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for pierres, with forms such as "iperres", "peirres", and "pierers". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "pires", "piètre", "prêtres", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pierres, spelled P-I-E-R-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de pierre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how pierres appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les animaux qui nous occupent sont, pour la plupart, fixés au sol, aux rochers, surtout aux pierres anfractueuses, qu’on doit souvent briser avec le marteau de géologue pour les dénicher dans les cavités où ils se réfugient volontiers.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iperres
  • peirres
  • pierers
  • pieres
  • pierress
  • pierrse
  • pireres
  • ppierres

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pierres - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

iperres2peirres2pierers2pieres1pierress1pierrse2pireres2ppierres1
Edit distance from "pierres"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pierres"?
"pierres" is spelled P-I-E-R-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pjɛʁ\.
What does "pierres" mean?
As a noun, "pierres" means: Pluriel de pierre.
What words are commonly confused with "pierres"?
"pierres" is commonly confused with "pires", "piètre", "prêtres". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pierres"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pierres" is \pjɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pierres" come from?
"pierres" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pierres", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

papiers#3,346profond#3,355refaire#3,357sauvage#3,361

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

indice8 variantsfuture8 variantsfrank8 variantssigner8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list