pilier de café

\pi.lje də ka.fe\

/\pi.lje də ka.fe\/ noun

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.

Key facts for pilier de café
PropertyValue
Headwordpilier de café
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pi.lje də ka.fe\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pilier de café » en français

pilier de caféreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Personne qui a l’habitude de passer du temps dans les cafés.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pilier de café"?
"pilier de café" is spelled P-I-L-I-E-R- -D-E- -C-A-F-É. The IPA pronunciation is \pi.lje də ka.fe\.
What does "pilier de café" mean?
As a noun, "pilier de café" means: Personne qui a l’habitude de passer du temps dans les cafés.
How do you pronounce "pilier de café"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pilier de café" is \pi.lje də ka.fe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pilier de café" come from?
"pilier de café" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list