femme de petite vertu
\fam də pə.tit vɛʁ.ty\
The verdict
“femme de petite vertu” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femme de mœurs légères.
Corpus desk
Index FR-femme-de-petite-vertu · femme de petite vertu · French
femme de petite vertu · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | femme de petite vertu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fam də pə.tit vɛʁ.ty\ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
femme de petite vertu is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fam də pə.tit vɛʁ.ty\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for femme de petite vertu in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is femme de petite vertu, spelled F-E-M-M-E- -D-E- -P-E-T-I-T-E- -V-E-R-T-U.
Definition
- 1Femme de mœurs légères.
- 2Prostituée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how femme de petite vertu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C'est contre elles et l'air de galanterie que Mme de Chartres prévient sa fille, car cette cour est surpeuplée de femmes de petite vertu, toujours prêtes à se donner, comme des odalisques de sérail, même si elles ne sont plus favorites: […].
Par conséquent, elles ne sont pas respectées et sont plutôt considérées comme des femmes de petite vertu: aucun homme qui se respecte n'épouserait une actrice.
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.