pissotière
\pi.sɔ.tjɛʁ\
The verdict
“pissotière” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pissoir; édicule public permettant aux hommes d’uriner.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pissotiere · pissotière · French
pissotière · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pissotière |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pi.sɔ.tjɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
pissotière is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pi.sɔ.tjɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pissotière, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is pissotière, spelled P-I-S-S-O-T-I-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Pissoir; édicule public permettant aux hommes d’uriner.
- 2Jet d’eau ou fontaine qui jette peu d’eau.
- 3Trou oblique percé dans la muraille du navire pour permettre l’écoulement des eaux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pissotière appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On y passe à trois, Chacun en occupe un tiers, C'est pourquoi cet endroit S'appelle une pissotière !
Ne sucez pas les messieurs dans les pissotières avant une heure du matin.
Synonyms
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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.