pilulier
\pi.ly.lje\
The verdict
“pilulier” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Appareil utilisé pour faire des pilules.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pilulier · pilulier · French
pilulier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pilulier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pi.ly.lje\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pilulier » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pilulier is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pi.ly.lje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for pilulier in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is pilulier, spelled P-I-L-U-L-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Appareil utilisé pour faire des pilules.
- 2Récipient servant généralement à stocker des doses précises de médicaments.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pilulier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tu ne reconnaîtrais plus ton humble boutique métamorphosée en somptueuse officine ; tu chercherais en vain tes vieux médicaments officinaux et magistraux, juleps, émulsions, apozèmes, embrocations, épithèmes et magdaléons ; tu considérerais comme autant de sacrilèges les perfectionnements qu’ont subis tes bassines, tes alambics, tes pots-à-canon et tes pi…
Pour prendre vos comprimés correctement vous pouvez avoir recours à un pilulier semainier. Les piluliers hebdomadaires sont séparés en 7 piluliers détachables.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.