pilier de café
\pi.lje də ka.fe\
The verdict
“pilier de café” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui a l’habitude de passer du temps dans les cafés.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pilier-de-cafe · pilier de café · French
pilier de café · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | pilier de café |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pi.lje də ka.fe\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pilier de café » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pilier de café is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pi.lje də ka.fe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne qui a l’habitude de passer du temps dans les cafés.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pilier de café, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is pilier de café, spelled P-I-L-I-E-R- -D-E- -C-A-F-É.
Definition
- 1Personne qui a l’habitude de passer du temps dans les cafés.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pilier de café appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y a comme cela, dans les pays lorrains, un certain nombre d’ivrognes et de piliers de café, qui mènent la mauvaise vie contre leur gré, et parce qu’ils portent lamentablement la faute d’un autre.
Synonyms
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.