pyrope
\pi.ʁɔp\
The verdict
“pyrope” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variété magnésienne et alumineuse de la famille des grenats de couleur rouge sang à rouge violacé ou noir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pyrope · pyrope · French
pyrope · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | pyrope |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pi.ʁɔp\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pyrope » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pyrope is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pi.ʁɔp\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for pyrope in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is pyrope, spelled P-Y-R-O-P-E.
Definition
- 1Variété magnésienne et alumineuse de la famille des grenats de couleur rouge sang à rouge violacé ou noir.
- 2Mélange de quatre parties de cuivre et d’une partie d’or, dont les anciens faisaient usage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pyrope appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Du pyrope éclatant sa tête était ornée.
This word in other languages
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.