question piège
\kɛs.tjɔ̃ pjɛʒ\
The verdict
“question piège” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Question posée dans le but de mettre à l’épreuve la personne interrogée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-question-piege · question piège · French
question piège · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Q" 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 | question piège |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɛs.tjɔ̃ pjɛʒ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « question piège » en français
Rare enough to double-check
question piège is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɛs.tjɔ̃ pjɛʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for question piège in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is question piège, spelled Q-U-E-S-T-I-O-N- -P-I-È-G-E.
Definition
- 1Question posée dans le but de mettre à l’épreuve la personne interrogée.
- 2Question absurde à laquelle il n’y a pas de réponse, posée dans le but de tester les capacités de raisonnement de la personne interrogée, du candidat.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how question piège appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lors de l’entretien d’embauche vous devez absolument montrer au recruteur que vous avez réponses à toutes les questions ! Questions embarrassantes, questions pièges ? Sachez faire face à toutes les situations !
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.