Which to use
“pieuse” and “piquée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,079
- “pieuse” frequency rank
- #26,472
- “piquée” frequency rank
- 55551
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pieuse | piquée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de pieux. | Féminin singulier de piqué. |
Where the eye mixes pieuse and piquée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. pieuse (CVVVCV) and piquée (CVCVVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: pieuse vs piquée
A purely visual mix-up. pieuse (\pjøz\) and piquée (\pi.ke\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55551, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pieuse is recorded at frequency rank #29,079, classified as anadj, pronounced \pjøz\. piquée is at rank #26,472, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pi.ke\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 55551, this pair ranks #126,770 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pieuse vs piquée
Shared letters: eipu. Private to "pieuse": s. Private to "piquée": qé.
"pieuse" · 6 letters · shape CVVVCV · "piquée" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- pieuse ← ipeuse · peiuse · piesue · pieues · pieusse · piuese · ppieuse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pieuse" and "piquée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "pieuse" or "piquée"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "pieuse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "piquée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #126,770 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pieuse" and "piquée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pieuse vs pieuses". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #126,770 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.