pieuse

\pjøz\

/\pjøz\/ adj

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The verdict

“pieuse” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,079. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,079
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de pieux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pieuse · pieuse · French

pieuse · rank #29,079 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,079
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pets

Nearest frequency peer: pets (-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 « pieuse »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pieuse » 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).

pieuse vs pique
67% similar
pieuse vs pneus
67% similar
pieuse vs Pisse
50% similar

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

Key facts for pieuse
PropertyValue
Headwordpieuse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pjøz\
Letters6
Frequency rank#29,079
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pieuse »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.pieusese 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 « pets » (#29,078), « pincée » (#29,080), « persistantes » (#29,077). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pieuse » est au #29,079. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around pieuse (IPA \pjøz\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #29,079 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de pieux.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for pieuse, with forms such as "ipeuse", "peiuse", and "piesue". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pique", "pneus", "Pisse", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is pieuse, spelled P-I-E-U-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de pieux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. A votre intention j’ai coché tous les feuillets concernant la sortie du fameux « dict » de la digne et pieuse Aurélie du Quétil, épouse de Jehan de Giron, seigneur de Réville, Carquebut, Tourlaville et autres lieux !
  2. une femme pieuse

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ipeuse
  • peiuse
  • piesue
  • pieues
  • pieusse
  • piuese
  • ppieuse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pieuse - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ipeuse2peiuse2piesue2pieues2pieusse1piuese2ppieuse1
Edit distance from "pieuse"

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 "pieuse"?
"pieuse" is spelled P-I-E-U-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pjøz\.
What does "pieuse" mean?
As an adjective, "pieuse" means: Féminin singulier de pieux.
What words are commonly confused with "pieuse"?
"pieuse" is commonly confused with "pique", "pneus", "Pisse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pieuse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pieuse" is \pjøz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pieuse" come from?
"pieuse" 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 "pieuse", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pincée#29,080pelles#29,073Nikola#29,060Ramsey#29,101

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

prada7 variantsnavet7 variantsrenan7 variantsreyes7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list