pilée

\pi.le\

/\pi.le\/ verb

The verdict

“pilée” is uncommon French (frequency #67,776 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,776
frequency rank, French
248,534
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe piler.

Key facts for pilée
PropertyValue
Headwordpilée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pi.le\
Letters5
Frequency rank#67,776
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “pilée” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). pilée lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pilée is uncommon French at frequency #67,776 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \pi.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe piler.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for pilée in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is pilée, spelled P-I-L-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe piler.

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 "pilée"?
"pilée" is spelled P-I-L-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pi.le\.
What does "pilée" mean?
As a verb, "pilée" means: Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe piler.
How do you pronounce "pilée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pilée" is \pi.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pilée" come from?
"pilée" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “pilée”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is P-I-L-É-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \pi.le\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list