piscicole

\pi.si.kɔl\

/\pi.si.kɔl\/ adj

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The verdict

“piscicole” is uncommon French (frequency #83,251 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,251
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à la pisciculture, la culture et l’élevage de poissons.

Corpus desk

Index FR-piscicole · piscicole · French

piscicole · rank #83,251 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,251
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pipa

Nearest frequency peer: pipa (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « piscicole »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « piscicole » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for piscicole
PropertyValue
Headwordpiscicole
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pi.si.kɔl\
Letters9
Frequency rank#83,251
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « piscicole » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.piscicoletombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « pipa » (#83,250), « pissait » (#83,252), « placardé » (#83,253). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « piscicole » est au #83,251. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

piscicole is uncommon French at frequency #83,251 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pi.si.kɔl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for piscicole in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is piscicole, spelled P-I-S-C-I-C-O-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif à la pisciculture, la culture et l’élevage de poissons.
  2. 2
    Qui concerne le poisson et sa biologie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how piscicole appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les propriétaires riverains de cours d'eau non navigables ni flottables peuvent constituer une association syndicale en vue des travaux de mise en valeur piscicole de ces cours d'eau, de la surveillance et de l'exploitation de la pêche en commun […].
  2. Le Syndicat des Trois Rivières a engagé début 2013 des travaux de mise en place de seuils piscicoles dans le ruisseau du Torrenson sur la commune d’Andance. L’installation de dix seuils piscicoles permet principalement de renaturer et stabiliser le cours d’eau, présentant des désordres importants.

Synonyms

pisciculturalichthyiquepiscifère

This word in other languages

piscicultural(English)

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 "piscicole"?
"piscicole" is spelled P-I-S-C-I-C-O-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pi.si.kɔl\.
What does "piscicole" mean?
As an adjective, "piscicole" means: Relatif à la pisciculture, la culture et l’élevage de poissons.
How do you pronounce "piscicole"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "piscicole" is \pi.si.kɔl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "piscicole", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pouliches#83,266palmettes#83,229opérettes#83,217randonner#83,305

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list