pierrier
\pje.ʁje\
The verdict
“pierrier” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Canon ou bouche à feu primitive pouvant lancer des boulets de pierre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pierrier · pierrier · French
pierrier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | pierrier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pje.ʁje\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pierrier » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pierrier is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pje.ʁje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pierrier, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is pierrier, spelled P-I-E-R-R-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Canon ou bouche à feu primitive pouvant lancer des boulets de pierre.
- 2Amoncellement de rochers que l’on rencontre dans les montagnes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pierrier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On peut placer dans ce fort 40 pièces de canon et 36 pierriers.
Cette expédition consistait en trois embarcations armées, portant vingt fusiliers, et une autre sur laquelle était monté un pierrier ou petit canon de deux livres.
This word in other languages
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.