première pierre
\pʁə.mjɛʁ pjɛʁ\
The verdict
“première pierre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pierre posée au début de l’édification d’un bâtiment, lors d’une cérémonie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-premiere-pierre · première pierre · French
première pierre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | première pierre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁə.mjɛʁ pjɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « première pierre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
première pierre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁə.mjɛʁ pjɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for première pierre, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our 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 première pierre, spelled P-R-E-M-I-È-R-E- -P-I-E-R-R-E.
Definition
- 1Pierre posée au début de l’édification d’un bâtiment, lors d’une cérémonie.
- 2Base ; fondement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how première pierre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette exigence d’une information claire, fiable, fondée sur des preuves scientifiques est la première pierre de toute politique de prévention.
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.