pilier de comptoir
\pi.lje də kɔ̃.twaʁ\
The verdict
“pilier de comptoir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui a l’habitude d’aller dans les cafés ou les bars.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pilier-de-comptoir · pilier de comptoir · French
pilier de comptoir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 comptoir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pi.lje də kɔ̃.twaʁ\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
pilier de comptoir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pi.lje də kɔ̃.twaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne qui a l’habitude d’aller dans les cafés ou les bars.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pilier de comptoir, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pilier de comptoir, spelled P-I-L-I-E-R- -D-E- -C-O-M-P-T-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1Personne qui a l’habitude d’aller dans les cafés ou les bars.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pilier de comptoir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
D’habitude, chaque année, quand arrive le dernier dimanche d’octobre, les piliers de comptoir aiment discuter et rediscuter encore du passage à l’heure d’hiver qui fait gagner aux fêtards du samedi soir soixante minutes de sommeil supplémentaires.
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.