piquer une crise
\pi.ke yn kʁiz\
The verdict
“piquer une crise” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - S’énerver.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | piquer une crise |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pi.ke yn kʁiz\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “piquer une crise” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
piquer une crise is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pi.ke yn kʁiz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "S’énerver.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for piquer une crise, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is piquer une crise, spelled P-I-Q-U-E-R- -U-N-E- -C-R-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1S’énerver.
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.
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Using “piquer une crise”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-I-Q-U-E-R- -U-N-E- -C-R-I-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pi.ke yn kʁiz\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.