piquer des deux
\pi.ke de dø\
The verdict
“piquer des deux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Appuyer en même temps sur les deux éperons.
Corpus desk
Index FR-piquer-des-deux · piquer des deux · French
piquer des deux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 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 | piquer des deux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pi.ke de dø\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « piquer des deux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
piquer des deux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pi.ke de dø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for piquer des deux in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is piquer des deux, spelled P-I-Q-U-E-R- -D-E-S- -D-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Appuyer en même temps sur les deux éperons.
- 2Éperonner un cheval pour qu’il accélère son allure.
- 3S’en aller très vite.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how piquer des deux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le juge secoua la tête, et piquant des deux il partit au grand trot suivi de son escorte après avoir fait un dernier geste d’adieu au fermier.
Il piqua des deux ; son cheval fit une ruade et refusa d’avancer autrement qu’au pas ; les quatre démons continuèrent leur manège.
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.