pilonner

\pi.lɔ.ne\

/\pi.lɔ.ne\/ verb

The verdict

“pilonner” is uncommon French (frequency #68,547 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,547
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tasser la terre avec un pilon.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pilonner · pilonner · French

pilonner · rank #68,547 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,547
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pierreux

Nearest frequency peer: pierreux (-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 « pilonner »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pilonner » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pilonner
PropertyValue
Headwordpilonner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pi.lɔ.ne\
Letters8
Frequency rank#68,547
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pilonner » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).pilonnertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « pierreux » (#68,546), « pineda » (#68,548), « Pinet » (#68,549). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pilonner » est au #68,547. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pilonner is uncommon French at frequency #68,547 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \pi.lɔ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

pilonner has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is pilonner, spelled P-I-L-O-N-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tasser la terre avec un pilon.
  2. 2
    Écraser, broyer.
  3. 3
    Écraser sous les obus.
  4. 4
    Envoyer au pilon, éliminer.
  5. 5
    Pénétrer sexuellement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. À cent mètres de distance, déjà, le rythme vous broie le cœur, vous pilonne le bas-ventre, c’est lourd, puissant, les familles font demi-tour, mains plaquées sur les oreilles de leurs enfants.
  2. Le 28 janvier au matin, les Anglais passèrent à l’attaque et leur artillerie lourde pilonna les fortifications situées sur la colline de la Table. À l’abri dans leurs tranchées, les Burghers firent le dos rond. Peu de temps après, le 58e régiment d’infanterie britannique s’élança sur les pentes caillouteuses du coteau.

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 "pilonner"?
"pilonner" is spelled P-I-L-O-N-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pi.lɔ.ne\.
What does "pilonner" mean?
As a verb, "pilonner" means: Tasser la terre avec un pilon.
How do you pronounce "pilonner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pilonner" is \pi.lɔ.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pilonner" come from?
"pilonner" 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 "pilonner", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list