piquette du jour

\pi.kɛt dy ʒuʁ\

/\pi.kɛt dy ʒuʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“piquette du jour” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Le matin, juste avant le lever du soleil.

Key facts for piquette du jour
PropertyValue
Headwordpiquette du jour
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pi.kɛt dy ʒuʁ\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “piquette du jour” sits in French frequency

piquette du jour falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for piquette du jour is 16 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pi.kɛt dy ʒuʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Le matin, juste avant le lever du soleil.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for piquette du jour, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is piquette du jour, spelled P-I-Q-U-E-T-T-E- -D-U- -J-O-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Le matin, juste avant le lever du soleil.

Synonyms

pique du jourpoint du jourpointe du jour

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 "piquette du jour"?
"piquette du jour" is spelled P-I-Q-U-E-T-T-E- -D-U- -J-O-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pi.kɛt dy ʒuʁ\.
What does "piquette du jour" mean?
As a noun, "piquette du jour" means: Le matin, juste avant le lever du soleil.
How do you pronounce "piquette du jour"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "piquette du jour" is \pi.kɛt dy ʒuʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "piquette du jour" come from?
"piquette du jour" 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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Using “piquette du jour”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is P-I-Q-U-E-T-T-E- -D-U- -J-O-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \pi.kɛt dy ʒuʁ\ (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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list