pitonner
\pi.tɔ.ne\
The verdict
“pitonner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mettre un piton (clou ou vis).
Corpus desk
Index FR-pitonner · pitonner · French
pitonner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | pitonner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pi.tɔ.ne\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pitonner » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pitonner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pi.tɔ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for pitonner in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is pitonner, spelled P-I-T-O-N-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Mettre un piton (clou ou vis).
- 2Planter un piton sur une paroi rocheuse lors d'une escalade.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pitonner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une plaque neuve pitonnée sur le côté gauche du socle rendait hommage à neuf nouveaux enfants de la commune, morts pour la France, entre 1942 et 1945, depuis Jean Carioud, tué par la milice à Pétain le 16 novembre 1942, jusqu’à Amédée Brisse qui avait sauté sur une mine en forêt-Noire le 22 avril 1945.
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.