Pirot

\pi.ʁɔt\

/\pi.ʁɔt\/ name

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The verdict

“Pirot” is uncommon French (frequency #99,482 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,482
frequency rank, French
248,534
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ville et municipalité de Serbie, située dans le district de Pirot, dans la région de Ponišavlje, en Serbie centrale.

Key facts for Pirot
PropertyValue
HeadwordPirot
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\pi.ʁɔt\
Letters5
Frequency rank#99,482
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Pirot” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Pirot lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Pirot is uncommon French at frequency #99,482 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \pi.ʁɔt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ville et municipalité de Serbie, située dans le district de Pirot, dans la région de Ponišavlje, en Serbie centrale.".

Zero misspellings are on record for Pirot in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Pirot, spelled P-I-R-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    ville et municipalité de Serbie, située dans le district de Pirot, dans la région de Ponišavlje, en Serbie centrale.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Pirot"?
"Pirot" is spelled P-I-R-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pi.ʁɔt\.
What does "Pirot" mean?
As a proper noun, "Pirot" means: ville et municipalité de Serbie, située dans le district de Pirot, dans la région de Ponišavlje, en Serbie centrale.
How do you pronounce "Pirot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pirot" is \pi.ʁɔt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Pirot" come from?
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Using “Pirot”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is P-I-R-O-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \pi.ʁɔt\ (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

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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