pieuvre

\pjœvʁ\

/\pjœvʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“pieuvre” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,640. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,640
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Céphalopode que l’on appelle aussi poulpe.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pieuvre · pieuvre · French

pieuvre · rank #35,640 · 9 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,640
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pichon

Nearest frequency peer: pichon (-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 « pieuvre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pieuvre » 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).

pieuvre vs preuve
71% similar
pieuvre vs pleuré
57% similar
pieuvre vs piqûre
57% similar

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

Key facts for pieuvre
PropertyValue
Headwordpieuvre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pjœvʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#35,640
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pieuvre »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pichon » (#35,639), « pineau » (#35,641), « perturbés » (#35,638). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pieuvre » est au #35,640. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around pieuvre (IPA \pjœvʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,640 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for pieuvre, with forms such as "ipeuvre", "peiuvre", and "pieurve". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "preuve", "pleuré", "piqûre", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pieuvre, spelled P-I-E-U-V-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Céphalopode que l’on appelle aussi poulpe.
  2. 2
    Chair de cet animal.
  3. 3
    Mafia.
  4. 4
    Câble informatique se séparant en plusieurs extrémités.
  5. 5
    Appareil comportant un microphone et une enceinte pour l’audioconférence.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pour croire à la pieuvre, il faut l’avoir vue. Comparées à la pieuvre, les vieilles hydres font sourire.
  2. Tantôt avec les lassets, tantôt à l’aide de la bourraque, il faisait une petite récolte de ces belles crevettes roses (quand elles sont cuites) et qu’on appelle le bouquet; muni de l’attirail que j’ai décrit plus haut, il se livrait à une guerre acharnée contre toute la légion des crabes, pouparts, claquarts et craparagdis, sans compter les célèbres pieuv…

Synonyms

octopuspoulpetortuespeakerphoneposte téléphonique à haut-parleur

This word in other languages

octopus(English)pulpo(Español)Krake(Deutsch)polvo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ipeuvre
  • peiuvre
  • pieurve
  • pieuver
  • pieuvrre
  • pieuvvre
  • pievure
  • piuevre
  • ppieuvre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pieuvre - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ipeuvre2peiuvre2pieurve2pieuver2pieuvrre1pieuvvre1pievure2piuevre2
Edit distance from "pieuvre"

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 "pieuvre"?
"pieuvre" is spelled P-I-E-U-V-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pjœvʁ\.
What does "pieuvre" mean?
As a noun, "pieuvre" means: Céphalopode que l’on appelle aussi poulpe.
What words are commonly confused with "pieuvre"?
"pieuvre" is commonly confused with "preuve", "pleuré", "piqûre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pieuvre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pieuvre" is \pjœvʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pieuvre" come from?
"pieuvre" 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 "pieuvre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

polluée#35,648porcine#35,649puisant#35,660reality#35,676

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

pichon9 variantsraptor9 variantsMorand9 variantsmemory9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list