pincé
\pɛ̃.se\
The verdict
“pincé” is uncommon French (frequency #50,417 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,417
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a un air contraint, raide, dédaigneux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pince · pincé · French
pincé · rank #50,417 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,417
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pil
Nearest frequency peer: pil (-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 « pincé »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Philémon
Philémon
49,587 corpus weight
- photon
photon
49,586 corpus weight
- pil
pil
49,585 corpus weight
- pincé
pincé
49,584 corpus weight
- pirouettes
pirouettes
49,583 corpus weight
- pita
pita
49,581 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pincé » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pincé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pɛ̃.se\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #50,417 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pincé » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pincé is uncommon French at frequency #50,417 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pɛ̃.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for pincé in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is pincé, spelled P-I-N-C-É.
Definition
- 1Qui a un air contraint, raide, dédaigneux.
- 2Pris sur le fait en faute.
- 3Qui est amoureux, qui en pince pour quelqu'un.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pincé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Des manières pincées.
Cette petite Berthe est très jolie, quoique un peu rondouillarde, mais elle affiche des airs corrects, un peu pincés quand elle entend un mot cru.
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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