pierrot

\pje.ʁo\

/\pje.ʁo\/ noun

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The verdict

“pierrot” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,420. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,420
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom vulgaire du moineau (genre Passer), plus spécialement du moineau domestique ou moineau franc (Passer domesticus Linnaeus, 1758).

Corpus desk

Index FR-pierrot · pierrot · French

pierrot · rank #21,420 · 8 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,420
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pensionnaire

Nearest frequency peer: pensionnaire (-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 « pierrot »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pierrot » 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).

pierrot vs Piero
57% similar
pierrot vs Pierre
57% similar
pierrot vs perron
71% similar

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

Key facts for pierrot
PropertyValue
Headwordpierrot
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pje.ʁo\
Letters7
Frequency rank#21,420
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pierrot »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).pierrotse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pensionnaire » (#21,419), « pathologique » (#21,418), « plant » (#21,422). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pierrot » est au #21,420. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around pierrot (IPA \pje.ʁo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,420 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for pierrot, with forms such as "iperrot", "peirrot", and "pierort". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Piero", "Pierre", "perron", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is pierrot, spelled P-I-E-R-R-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom vulgaire du moineau (genre Passer), plus spécialement du moineau domestique ou moineau franc (Passer domesticus Linnaeus, 1758).
  2. 2
    Comédienne ou comédien endossant le rôle de Pierrot, personnage de la pantomime, vêtu d’un habit blanc à longues manches, au caractère de niais ou de rêveur sentimental.
  3. 3
    Jeune soldat ayant passé une année sous les drapeaux
  4. 4
    Personne dont l’apparence évoque le personnage de Pierrot.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je ne voulais pas tomber dans les rues de Paris comme un pierrot sans plumes.
  2. À propos, répondit Cosette, j’ai ouvert ma fenêtre, il vient d’arriver un tas de pierrots dans le jardin. Des oiseaux, pas des masques.

Synonyms

piaf

This word in other languages

pardal(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iperrot
  • peirrot
  • pierort
  • pierot
  • pierrott
  • pierrto
  • pirerot
  • ppierrot

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pierrot - 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.

iperrot2peirrot2pierort2pierot1pierrott1pierrto2pirerot2ppierrot1
Edit distance from "pierrot"

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 "pierrot"?
"pierrot" is spelled P-I-E-R-R-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pje.ʁo\.
What does "pierrot" mean?
As a noun, "pierrot" means: Nom vulgaire du moineau (genre Passer), plus spécialement du moineau domestique ou moineau franc (Passer domesticus Linnaeus, 1758).
What words are commonly confused with "pierrot"?
"pierrot" is commonly confused with "Piero", "Pierre", "perron". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pierrot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pierrot" is \pje.ʁo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pierrot" come from?
"pierrot" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Ostende#21,416Nabilla#21,407radieux#21,436mustang#21,402

Similar misspelling depth

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

plant8 variantsOregon8 variantsromero8 variantsRoussel8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list