Which to use
“piquée” and “piqueur” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,472
- “piquée” frequency rank
- #44,097
- “piqueur” frequency rank
- 70569
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | piquée | piqueur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de piqué. | Qui pique, ou qui est susceptible de piquer. |
Where the eye mixes piquée and piqueur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between piquée and piqueur
A purely visual mix-up. piquée (\pi.ke\) and piqueur (\pi.kœʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70569, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
piquée is recorded at frequency rank #26,472, classified as anadj, pronounced \pi.ke\. piqueur is at rank #44,097, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pi.kœʁ\.
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 70569, this pair ranks #50,831 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of piquée vs piqueur
Shared letters: eipqu. Private to "piquée": é. Private to "piqueur": r.
"piquée" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV · "piqueur" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- piqueur ← ipqueur · piqeuur · piqqueur · piqueru · piqueurr · piquuer · piuqeur · ppiqueur
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "piquée" and "piqueur" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "piquée" or "piqueur" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "piquée" and "piqueur" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "piquée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "piqueur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #50,831 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "piquée" and "piqueur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "piqués vs piqueur". 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 #50,831 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.