piétinant
\pje.ti.nɑ̃\
The verdict
“piétinant” is uncommon French (frequency #84,173 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,173
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui piétine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pietinant · piétinant · French
piétinant · rank #84,173 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,173
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pistol
Nearest frequency peer: pistol (-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 « piétinant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Picart
Picart
15,832 corpus weight
- pierreries
pierreries
15,831 corpus weight
- pigs
pigs
15,830 corpus weight
- pistol
pistol
15,829 corpus weight
- piétinant
piétinant
15,828 corpus weight
- plano
plano
15,825 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « piétinant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | piétinant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pje.ti.nɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #84,173 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « piétinant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
piétinant is uncommon French at frequency #84,173 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pje.ti.nɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
piétinant has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 piétinant, spelled P-I-É-T-I-N-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui piétine.
- 2Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter)…
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how piétinant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nos troupes piétinantes, hommes, chevaux, canons, poursuivaient lentement leur retraite.
Plus tard, cela me plut assez d'hériter d'une modeste forêt de mélèzes plantés par mon grand-père maternel et mon père, mais en ma présence piétinante autour de chaque plant, sur le sol frontalier d’Auflance, indemne de l'attraction des villes, du côté de la France.
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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