piller
\pi.je\
The verdict
“piller” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #19,103 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #19,103
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Emporter violemment les biens d’une ville, d’une maison, etc.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | piller |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pi.je\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #19,103 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “piller” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for piller is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pi.je\. Corpus data places it at rank #19,103 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for piller, with forms such as "ipller", "pilelr", and "pillerr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "plier", "piper", "piquer", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is piller, spelled P-I-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Emporter violemment les biens d’une ville, d’une maison, etc.
- 2Commettre des exactions, des concussions, en parlant de ceux qui le font dans leur charge, dans leur emploi, des gains illicites et scandaleux.
- 3Prendre dans les ouvrages des autres des choses que l’on donne comme siennes, en parlant de littérature et de beaux-arts.
- 4Se jeter sur les animaux ou sur les personnes, en parlant des chiens.
- 5Au jeu de l’hombre, action qui consiste à prendre plus de cartes qu’il ne faut.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ipller,pilelr,pillerr,pillre,pliler,ppiller
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of piller - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “piller”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-I-L-L-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pi.je\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “plier” - see the side-by-side comparison. piller vs plier
- 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.