piquer un somme
\pi.ke œ̃ sɔm\
The verdict
“piquer un somme” 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) - Faire un somme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-piquer-un-somme · piquer un somme · French
piquer un somme · 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 un somme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pi.ke œ̃ sɔm\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « piquer un somme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
piquer un somme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pi.ke œ̃ sɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Faire un somme.".
No misspelling variants are generated for piquer un somme in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is piquer un somme, spelled P-I-Q-U-E-R- -U-N- -S-O-M-M-E.
Definition
- 1Faire un somme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how piquer un somme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je suis fatigué, je décide de piquer un somme.
— Chalumot ! Chalumot ! Il pique un somme, ma parole ! Secouez-le, Muller, je vous prie…
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.