voiture piégée

\vwa.tyʁ pje.ʒe\

/\vwa.tyʁ pje.ʒe\/ noun

The verdict

“voiture piégée” 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) - Voiture contenant une bombe et utilisée à des fins terroristes.

Key facts for voiture piégée
PropertyValue
Headwordvoiture piégée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vwa.tyʁ pje.ʒe\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “voiture piégée” sits in French frequency

voiture piégée falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

voiture piégée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \vwa.tyʁ pje.ʒe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Voiture contenant une bombe et utilisée à des fins terroristes.".

voiture piégée has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is voiture piégée, spelled V-O-I-T-U-R-E- -P-I-É-G-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Voiture contenant une bombe et utilisée à des fins terroristes.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "voiture piégée"?
"voiture piégée" is spelled V-O-I-T-U-R-E- -P-I-É-G-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vwa.tyʁ pje.ʒe\.
What does "voiture piégée" mean?
As a noun, "voiture piégée" means: Voiture contenant une bombe et utilisée à des fins terroristes.
How do you pronounce "voiture piégée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "voiture piégée" is \vwa.tyʁ pje.ʒe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "voiture piégée" come from?
"voiture piégée" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “voiture piégée”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is V-O-I-T-U-R-E- -P-I-É-G-É-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \vwa.tyʁ pje.ʒe\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list