pilier de café
\pi.lje də ka.fe\
The verdict
“pilier de café” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Personne qui a l’habitude de passer du temps dans les cafés.
| 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) |
Where “pilier de café” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for pilier de café is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pi.lje də ka.fe\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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.
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Using “pilier de café”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-I-L-I-E-R- -D-E- -C-A-F-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pi.lje də ka.fe\ (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
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.