en pétard
\ɑ̃ pe.taʁ\
The verdict
“en pétard” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. 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) - En colère ; sur le point d’exploser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-en-petard · en pétard · French
en pétard · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | en pétard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃ pe.taʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
en pétard is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ɑ̃ pe.taʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for en pétard, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 French form is en pétard, spelled E-N- -P-É-T-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1En colère ; sur le point d’exploser.
- 2En désordre, comme explosé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how en pétard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Avec le commandant du camp ça ne marche pas non plus, ils sont tous deux en pétard constant.
Ces taux de croissance ont mis en pétard les requins de la finance qui, eux aussi, veulent leur part d'un immense marché.
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.