pique du jour
\pik dy ʒuʁ\
The verdict
“pique du jour” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Le matin, juste avant le lever du soleil.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pique-du-jour · pique du jour · French
pique du jour · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | pique du jour |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pik dy ʒuʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pique du jour » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pique du jour is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pik dy ʒuʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Le matin, juste avant le lever du soleil.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for pique du jour in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is pique du jour, spelled P-I-Q-U-E- -D-U- -J-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1Le matin, juste avant le lever du soleil.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pique du jour appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Depuis la pique du jour ils marchaient.
Devant que de se mettre en route, comme il en avait l'idée, à la pique du jour ensuivant, François voulut dire adieu à Jeannette Vertaud sur l'heure du souper.
Synonyms
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.