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 May 6, 2026) - Question posée dans le but de mettre à l’épreuve la personne interrogée.
| 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) |
Where “question piège” sits in French frequency
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.
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.
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Using “question piège”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is Q-U-E-S-T-I-O-N- -P-I-È-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɛs.tjɔ̃ pjɛʒ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.