petit

[pə.ti]

/[pə.ti]/ adj

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The verdict

“petit” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #24,068. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,068
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - klein, gering

Corpus desk

Index DE-petit · petit · German

petit · rank #24,068 · 7 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,068
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH penn

Nearest frequency peer: penn (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „petit“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „petit“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

petit vs Pott
40% similar
petit vs Petr
40% similar
petit vs Petra
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for petit
PropertyValue
Headwordpetit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[pə.ti]
Letters5
Frequency rank#24,068
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „petit“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).petitliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „penn“ (#24,067), „Phantasien“ (#24,069), „Pathos“ (#24,066). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „petit“ bei #24,068. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around petit (IPA [pə.ti]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,068 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for petit, with forms such as "eptit", "peitt", and "petitt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Pott", "Petr", "Petra", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is petit, spelled P-E-T-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    klein, gering
  2. 2
    jung

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how petit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le petit prince a apprivoisé le renard.

Synonyms

jeune

Antonyms

grandvieux

This word in other languages

small(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eptit
  • peitt
  • petitt
  • petti
  • pettit
  • ppetit
  • pteit

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of petit - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

eptit2peitt2petitt1petti2pettit1ppetit1pteit2
Edit distance from "petit"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "petit"?
"petit" is spelled P-E-T-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [pə.ti].
What does "petit" mean?
As an adjective, "petit" means: klein, gering
What words are commonly confused with "petit"?
"petit" is commonly confused with "Pott", "Petr", "Petra". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "petit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "petit" is [pə.ti]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "petit" come from?
"petit" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "petit", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

paste#24,065Pisse#24,071plage#24,073prall#24,077

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

norma7 variantsPuffer7 variantsmaybe7 variantsrieche7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list