piller

\pi.je\

/\pi.je\/ verb

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The verdict

“piller” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,103. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,103
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Emporter violemment les biens d’une ville, d’une maison, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-piller · piller · French

piller · rank #19,103 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,103
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH Phillips

Nearest frequency peer: Phillips (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « piller »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « piller » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

piller vs plier
67% similar
piller vs piper
67% similar
piller vs piquer
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for piller
PropertyValue
Headwordpiller
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pi.je\
Letters6
Frequency rank#19,103
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « piller »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.pillerse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Phillips » (#19,102), « pirater » (#19,104), « pharma » (#19,101). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « piller » est au #19,103. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around piller (IPA \pi.je\), averb. Corpus frequency is #19,103 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Emporter violemment les biens d’une ville, d’une maison, etc.
  2. 2
    Commettre des exactions, des concussions, en parlant de ceux qui le font dans leur charge, dans leur emploi, des gains illicites et scandaleux.
  3. 3
    Prendre dans les ouvrages des autres des choses que l’on donne comme siennes, en parlant de littérature et de beaux-arts.
  4. 4
    Se jeter sur les animaux ou sur les personnes, en parlant des chiens.
  5. 5
    Au jeu de l’hombre, action qui consiste à prendre plus de cartes qu’il ne faut.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce n’est que le commencement de plus grands malheurs : ces Prussiens, ces Autrichiens, ces Russes, ces Espagnols, et tous ces peuples que nous avons pillés depuis 1804, vont profiter de notre misère pour tomber sur nous.
  2. — […] ils savent qu'une tempête effroyable va tomber sur la côte... ils comptent que le yacht ne tiendra pas sur ses ancres et qu'il viendra se briser sur les rochers de la pointe... ils veulent être là pour piller l'épave.

Synonyms

pirater

This word in other languages

pillage(English)plündern(Deutsch)

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.

ipller2pilelr2pillerr1pillre2pliler2ppiller1
Edit distance from "piller"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "piller"?
"piller" is spelled P-I-L-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pi.je\.
What does "piller" mean?
As a verb, "piller" means: Emporter violemment les biens d’une ville, d’une maison, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "piller"?
"piller" is commonly confused with "plier", "piper", "piquer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "piller"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "piller" is \pi.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "piller" come from?
"piller" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "piller", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pharma#19,101piéger#19,105Perret#19,099porche#19,109

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

shoot6 variantsKaty6 variantsgîte6 variantstags6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list