pillard
\pi.jaʁ\
The verdict
“pillard” is uncommon French (frequency #80,505 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,505
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui pille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pillard · pillard · French
pillard · rank #80,505 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,505
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pieusement
Nearest frequency peer: pieusement (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « pillard »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Phoebus
Phoebus
19,500 corpus weight
- pieusement
pieusement
19,497 corpus weight
- pillard
pillard
19,496 corpus weight
- piolet
piolet
19,495 corpus weight
- Pippo
Pippo
19,494 corpus weight
- piquetage
piquetage
19,493 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pillard » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pillard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pi.jaʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #80,505 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pillard » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pillard is uncommon French at frequency #80,505 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pi.jaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
pillard doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is pillard, spelled P-I-L-L-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1Celui qui pille.
- 2Plagiaire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pillard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais on commence à sonner le « toquesin » à l'approche des « bandes » qui passent la Meuse pour « manger aussi à leur tour » ; et, en juin, les paysans exaspérés se soulèvent à Beaumont, à la Besace, en juillet, à Cheveuges, à Vendresse, et infligent des pertes sérieuses aux pillards ennemis et aux régiments étrangers.
Piu avait lancé son poignard, stoppant net la course d’un pillard, mais elle se retrouvait désarmée face au dernier.
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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