pieusement

\pjøz.mɑ̃\

/\pjøz.mɑ̃\/ adv

The verdict

“pieusement” is uncommon French (frequency #80,504 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,504
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - D'une façon pieuse, avec piété.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pieusement · pieusement · French

pieusement · rank #80,504 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,504
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pillard

Nearest frequency peer: pillard (+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 « pieusement »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pieusement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pieusement
PropertyValue
Headwordpieusement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\pjøz.mɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#80,504
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pieusement » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).pieusementtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « pillard » (#80,505), « piolet » (#80,506), « Phoebus » (#80,501). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pieusement » est au #80,504. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pieusement is uncommon French at frequency #80,504 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed \pjøz.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "D'une façon pieuse, avec piété.".

No misspelling variants are generated for pieusement in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is pieusement, spelled P-I-E-U-S-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    D'une façon pieuse, avec piété.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. A leur âge, dans notre pays, les grand’mères se préparent à mourir pieusement et les jeunes filles ne pensent qu'au flirt.
  2. […] il ne me souvient pas d'avoir pris une direction importante dans ma vie politique sans que, descendant au fond de moi-même, je n'aie pieusement interrogé le grand disparu.

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); 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 "pieusement"?
"pieusement" is spelled P-I-E-U-S-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pjøz.mɑ̃\.
What does "pieusement" mean?
As an adverb, "pieusement" means: D'une façon pieuse, avec piété.
How do you pronounce "pieusement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pieusement" is \pjøz.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list