pitié

\pi.tje\

/\pi.tje\/ noun

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The verdict

“pitié” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,157. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,157
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sentiment douloureux face aux souffrances d’autrui, que l'on ne connaît ou partage pas soi-même.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pitie · pitié · French

pitié · rank #3,157 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,157
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH peuples

Nearest frequency peer: peuples (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « pitié »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « pitié » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pitié vs pti
60% similar
pitié vs pote
40% similar
pitié vs pute
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for pitié
PropertyValue
Headwordpitié
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pi.tje\
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,157
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pitié »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).pitiése place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « peuples » (#3,156), « plante » (#3,158), « participe » (#3,155). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pitié » est au #3,157. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around pitié (IPA \pi.tje\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,157 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for pitié, with forms such as "iptié", "piité", and "pitie". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pti", "pote", "pute", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is pitié, spelled P-I-T-I-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sentiment douloureux face aux souffrances d’autrui, que l'on ne connaît ou partage pas soi-même.
  2. 2
    Compassion ; commisération.
  3. 3
    Détresse, état misérable.
  4. 4
    Sentiment de mépris, d’orgueil ou de supériorité face aux souffrances ou difficultés d’autrui que l'on ne connaît pas soi-même.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Oscar Wilde n'inspire plus de colère, même aux sectaires de la vertu. Tous n'ont plus, pour lui et pour son martyre, que de la pitié douloureuse.
  2. Je contemple avec pitié le carton coloré qui emballait les yaourts aux fruits. Absurde, cette pitié. Ou peut-être pas. Elle répond par l'absurde à l'absurde de l'existence du carton coloré emballant les yaourts aux fruits.

This word in other languages

compassion(English)piedad(Español)Mitleid(Deutsch)compaixão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iptié
  • piité
  • pitie
  • pittié
  • pitéi
  • ppitié
  • ptiié

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pitié - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

iptié2piité2pitie1pittié1pitéi2ppitié1ptiié2
Edit distance from "pitié"

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 "pitié"?
"pitié" is spelled P-I-T-I-É. The IPA pronunciation is \pi.tje\.
What does "pitié" mean?
As a noun, "pitié" means: Sentiment douloureux face aux souffrances d’autrui, que l'on ne connaît ou partage pas soi-même.
What words are commonly confused with "pitié"?
"pitié" is commonly confused with "pti", "pote", "pute". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pitié"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pitié" is \pi.tje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pitié" come from?
"pitié" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

odeur#3,154refus#3,164trump#3,173dépôt#3,136

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

digne7 variantsassuré7 variantsculte7 variantsappels7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list