apetisser
\a.pə.ti.se\
The verdict
“apetisser” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendre plus petit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-apetisser · apetisser · French
apetisser · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | apetisser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.pə.ti.se\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « apetisser » en français
Rare enough to double-check
apetisser is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \a.pə.ti.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for apetisser, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is apetisser, spelled A-P-E-T-I-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Rendre plus petit.
- 2Devenir plus petit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how apetisser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je crois avec La Fontaine, meilleur philosophe que Descartes, que les animaux, surtout à l’état de nature, sont ingénieux et pleins d’art. En les domestiquant, nous apetissons, nous dépravons leur coeur et leur esprit.
Après le solstice d’été, les jours apetissent.
Synonyms
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.