tailleur de pierre
\tɑ.jœʁ də pjɛʁ\
The verdict
“tailleur de 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
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Professionnel du bâtiment qui réalise des éléments architecturaux en pierre de taille.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tailleur de pierre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɑ.jœʁ də pjɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tailleur de pierre” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tailleur de pierre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɑ.jœʁ də pjɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Professionnel du bâtiment qui réalise des éléments architecturaux en pierre de taille.".
tailleur de pierre has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is tailleur de pierre, spelled T-A-I-L-L-E-U-R- -D-E- -P-I-E-R-R-E.
Definition
- 1Professionnel du bâtiment qui réalise des éléments architecturaux en pierre de taille.
This word in other languages
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Using “tailleur de pierre”
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- The one correct French spelling is T-A-I-L-L-E-U-R- -D-E- -P-I-E-R-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tɑ.jœʁ də pjɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.