petite bourgeoisie
"petite-bourgeoisie" is a 17-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“petite bourgeoisie” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The lower middle class.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | petite bourgeoisie |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “petite bourgeoisie” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for petite bourgeoisie is 18 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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Using “petite bourgeoisie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-E-T-I-T-E- -B-O-U-R-G-E-O-I-S-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.