Pithiviers
\pi.ti.vje\
The verdict
“Pithiviers” is uncommon French (frequency #65,413 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,413
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département du Loiret.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pithiviers · Pithiviers · French
Pithiviers · rank #65,413 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,413
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pioncer
Nearest frequency peer: pioncer (-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 « Pithiviers »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Pierron
Pierron
34,591 corpus weight
- pill
pill
34,590 corpus weight
- pioncer
pioncer
34,589 corpus weight
- Pithiviers
Pithiviers
34,588 corpus weight
- Plotin
Plotin
34,587 corpus weight
- plurielles
plurielles
34,586 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Pithiviers » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pithiviers |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \pi.ti.vje\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #65,413 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Pithiviers » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Pithiviers is uncommon French at frequency #65,413 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \pi.ti.vje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Pithiviers, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Pithiviers, spelled P-I-T-H-I-V-I-E-R-S.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département du Loiret.
- 2Commune française, située dans le département du Loiret.
- 3Canton français, situé dans le département du Loiret.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Pithiviers appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ces façons ne lui plaisaient guère, mais il n’était pas le plus fort, et puis, après tout, on lui donnait à manger régulièrement de la viande, de la vraie viande de boucherie, comme chez les bourgeois de Pithiviers, et cela le dédommageait amplement de tout.
Après [une] découverte du Cercil (le musée mémorial des enfants du Vel d’Hiv’), à Orléans, hier matin, ils devaient se rendre à Pithiviers pour une visite, puis poursuivre leur route jusqu’en Normandie.
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.
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