petty bourgeois
"petty-bourgeois" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“petty bourgeois” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An individual member of the petty bourgeoisie
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | petty bourgeois |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “petty bourgeois” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
petty bourgeois is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An individual member of the petty bourgeoisie".
Zero misspellings are on record for petty bourgeois in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is petty bourgeois, spelled P-E-T-T-Y- -B-O-U-R-G-E-O-I-S.
Definition
- 1An individual member of the petty bourgeoisie
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 “petty bourgeois”
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- The one correct English spelling is P-E-T-T-Y- -B-O-U-R-G-E-O-I-S - 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.