pileus
\pi.le.ys\
The verdict
“pileus” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bonnet de feutre dont se coiffaient les esclaves affranchis.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pileus · pileus · French
pileus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pileus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pi.le.ys\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
pileus is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pi.le.ys\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for pileus in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is pileus, spelled P-I-L-E-U-S.
Definition
- 1Bonnet de feutre dont se coiffaient les esclaves affranchis.
- 2Nuage annexe, en forme de bonnet ou de capuchon, qui se développe au-dessus du sommet d'un nuage convectif.
- 3Nom scientifique du chapeau des champignons notamment chez les ascomycètes et les basidiomycètes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pileus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans la Rome antique, lors d'une cérémonie marquant l'affranchissement d'un esclave, son maître le coiffait du pileus symbole de sa liberté.
Un coprin peut présenter un pileus de forme campanulée, puis étalée.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.