petite bourgeoisie
"petite-bourgeoisie" is a 17-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“petite bourgeoisie” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The lower middle class.
Corpus desk
Index EN-petite-bourgeoisie · petite bourgeoisie · English
petite bourgeoisie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-10 10 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | petite bourgeoisie |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “petite bourgeoisie” in English
Rare enough to double-check
petite bourgeoisie is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for petite bourgeoisie in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French petite bourgeoisie. The correct English form is petite bourgeoisie, spelled P-E-T-I-T-E- -B-O-U-R-G-E-O-I-S-I-E.
Definition
- 1The lower middle class.
- 2An aspirational socio-economic class comprising small-scale capitalists such as small-business owners, managers, and some skilled professionals.
Etymology
Borrowed from French petite bourgeoisie.
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.