pisser de l’œil
\pi.se də l‿œj\
The verdict
“pisser de l’œil” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pleurer, larmoyer.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pisser de l’œil |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pi.se də l‿œj\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pisser de l’œil” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for pisser de l’œil is 15 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pi.se də l‿œj\. 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: "Pleurer, larmoyer.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for pisser de l’œil in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is pisser de l’œil, spelled P-I-S-S-E-R- -D-E- -L-’-Œ-I-L.
Definition
- 1Pleurer, larmoyer.
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 “pisser de l’œil”
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- The one correct French spelling is P-I-S-S-E-R- -D-E- -L-’-Œ-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.