lampe à pétrole
\lɑ̃.p‿a pe.tʁɔl\
The verdict
“lampe à pétrole” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Luminaire constitué d'un réservoir contenant du pétrole lampant qui monte vers le bec grâce à une mèche.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lampe-a-petrole · lampe à pétrole · French
lampe à pétrole · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | lampe à pétrole |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɑ̃.p‿a pe.tʁɔl\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
lampe à pétrole is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \lɑ̃.p‿a pe.tʁɔl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Luminaire constitué d'un réservoir contenant du pétrole lampant qui monte vers le bec grâce à une mèche.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for lampe à pétrole, 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.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is lampe à pétrole, spelled L-A-M-P-E- -À- -P-É-T-R-O-L-E.
Definition
- 1Luminaire constitué d'un réservoir contenant du pétrole lampant qui monte vers le bec grâce à une mèche.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lampe à pétrole appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il ne lui resta bientôt plus qu’une natte de laine, d’assez bonne facture, sa couverture en duvet, une caisse en bois qui lui servait parfois de chaise, parfois de table, une lampe à pétrole en terre cuite, ainsi que sa malle en cuir où il conservait ses effets personnels, comme des vêtements et de quoi écrire.
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.