pieux
\pjø\
The verdict
“pieux” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,229. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,229
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a de la piété ; qui est attaché aux croyances, aux devoirs et aux pratiques de la religion.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pieux · pieux · French
pieux · rank #13,229 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,229
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH perpétuité
Nearest frequency peer: perpétuité (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “pieux”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- parcelle
parcelle
86,775 corpus weight
- performant
performant
86,774 corpus weight
- perpétuité
perpétuité
86,773 corpus weight
- pieux
pieux
86,772 corpus weight
- piratage
piratage
86,771 corpus weight
- plants
plants
86,770 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “pieux” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pieux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pjø\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #13,229 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pieux” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around pieux (IPA \pjø\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,229 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for pieux, with forms such as "ipeux", "peiux", and "pieuxx". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pneu", "poux", "piou", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pieux, spelled P-I-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui a de la piété ; qui est attaché aux croyances, aux devoirs et aux pratiques de la religion.
- 2Qui sert aux exercices de piété.
- 3Qui part d’un esprit touché des sentiments de la religion.
- 4Peu éclairé.
- 5Qui tient à la piété filiale et à certains autres sentiments humains de vénération.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pieux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les personnes vraiment pieuses doivent se faire un devoir de prier pour l’Église et d’honorer leur évêque; elles doivent aussi prier pour l’avantage spirituel et temporel de l’État, et honorer leur Souverain.
Ah ! Chartres, n’est pas précisément ce qu’on appelle une ville pieuse.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ipeux
- peiux
- pieuxx
- piexu
- piuex
- ppieux
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pieux - 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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pieux", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "pieux". Here's where to go from here.
- "pieux" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "pneu". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #13,229 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.