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petti

/ˈpɛt.ɪ/noun

petti is a noun meaning “A petticoat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-E-T-T-I and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 30 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of petti is pettis.

What does petti mean?

noun

  1. 1

    informalrareA petticoat.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce petti?

  • US /ˈpɛt.ɪ/

Petti has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of petti

  • pettis plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is petti?

Petti appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Where does petti come from?

Clipping of petticoat.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).