pierreux
\pjɛ.ʁø\
The verdict
“pierreux” is uncommon French (frequency #68,546 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,546
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est plein de pierres.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pierreux · pierreux · French
pierreux · rank #68,546 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,546
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pilonner
Nearest frequency peer: pilonner (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « pierreux »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- phytoplanct…
phytoplancton
31,458 corpus weight
- pian
pian
31,457 corpus weight
- pierreux
pierreux
31,455 corpus weight
- pilonner
pilonner
31,454 corpus weight
- pineda
pineda
31,453 corpus weight
- Pinet
Pinet
31,452 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pierreux » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pierreux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pjɛ.ʁø\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #68,546 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pierreux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pierreux is uncommon French at frequency #68,546 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pjɛ.ʁø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for pierreux in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is pierreux, spelled P-I-E-R-R-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui est plein de pierres.
- 2Qui est de la nature de la pierre.
- 3Qui a l’aspect de la pierre.
- 4Se dit des fruits dont la chair renferme certaines parties dures, semblables à de petits grains de pierre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pierreux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’argille convient pour améliorer les terres sablonneuses, graveleuses ou pierreuses ; on s’en sert beaucoup dans la Province de Stafford. Soixante-quinze charges suffiront à un arpent, & fertiliseront la terre quarante ans : […].
Des landes, des rocs stériles, çà et là une bande de pâturage aromatique et dru, quelques champs pierreux, partout des oliviers : on se croirait dans notre Provence.
Synonyms
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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.
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