pilotis

/\pi.lɔ.ti\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#36,997

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

pilotis is aFrenchnoun. It means: Système de fondation par pieux foncés et recepés portant radier, appelés pilots, en terrain meuble et aquifère. Pronounced \pi.lɔ.ti\. Often confused with plots and pivots.

Key facts for pilotis
PropertyValue
Headwordpilotis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pi.lɔ.ti\
Letters7
Frequency rank#36,997
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of pilotis in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for pilotis is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pi.lɔ.ti\. Corpus data places it at rank #36,997 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for pilotis, with forms such as "iplotis", "pillotis", and "piloits". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "plots", "pivots", "pilot", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is pilotis, spelled P-I-L-O-T-I-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Système de fondation par pieux foncés et recepés portant radier, appelés pilots, en terrain meuble et aquifère.
  2. 2
    Gros pieu, grosse pièce de bois pointue, et ordinairement ferrée par le bout, qu’on fait entrer avec force dans le sol pour asseoir les fondements d’un édifice ou d’un autre ouvrage, lorsqu’on veut bâtir dans l’eau ou dans un lieu dont le fond n’est pas solide. Pilot.
  3. 3
    Rez-de-chaussée transformé en un espace dégagé destiné aux circulations, premier des cinq points de l’architecture moderne.
  4. 4
    Soutien.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: iplotis,pillotis,piloits,pilotiss,pilotsi,pilottis,piltois,pioltis,pliotis,ppilotis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pilotis

Misspelling Variants of "pilotis"

iplotis7pillotis8piloits7pilotiss8pilotsi7pilottis8piltois7pioltis7
Misspelling Variants of "pilotis"

Frequency rank: #36,997 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pilotis"?
"pilotis" is spelled P-I-L-O-T-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pi.lɔ.ti\.
What does "pilotis" mean?
As a noun, "pilotis" means: Système de fondation par pieux foncés et recepés portant radier, appelés pilots, en terrain meuble et aquifère.
What words are commonly confused with "pilotis"?
"pilotis" is commonly confused with "plots", "pivots", "pilot". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pilotis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pilotis" is \pi.lɔ.ti\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pilotis" come from?
"pilotis" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.