pipit

\pi.pit\

/\pi.pit\/ noun

The verdict

“pipit” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genre de petits oiseaux passereaux élancés au bec pointu et à longue queue.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pipit · pipit · French

pipit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 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.

Key facts for pipit
PropertyValue
Headwordpipit
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pi.pit\
Letters5
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pipit » en français

pipitreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pipit is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pi.pit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genre de petits oiseaux passereaux élancés au bec pointu et à longue queue.".

pipit doesn't appear in our generated misspelling 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 typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is pipit, spelled P-I-P-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genre de petits oiseaux passereaux élancés au bec pointu et à longue queue.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le pipit des arbres (Anthus trivialis) est une des sept espèces de pipits que l’on peut observer en France.
  2. Il existe plusieurs espèces de pipits en France et en Europe.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pipit"?
"pipit" is spelled P-I-P-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pi.pit\.
What does "pipit" mean?
As a noun, "pipit" means: Genre de petits oiseaux passereaux élancés au bec pointu et à longue queue.
How do you pronounce "pipit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pipit" is \pi.pit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pipit" come from?
"pipit" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list