pisse-vinaigre
\pis.vi.nɛɡʁ\
The verdict
“pisse-vinaigre” 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
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Personne morose, revêche, sans humour, esprit chagrin.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pisse-vinaigre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pis.vi.nɛɡʁ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pisse-vinaigre” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for pisse-vinaigre is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pis.vi.nɛɡʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
pisse-vinaigre doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 pisse-vinaigre, spelled P-I-S-S-E---V-I-N-A-I-G-R-E.
Definition
- 1Personne morose, revêche, sans humour, esprit chagrin.
- 2Personne avare.
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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 “pisse-vinaigre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-I-S-S-E---V-I-N-A-I-G-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pis.vi.nɛɡʁ\ (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.