mon petit ange
\mɔ̃ p(ə)ti‿t‿ɑ̃ʒ\
The verdict
“mon petit ange” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Terme affectueux par lequel on s'adresse à la femme qu'on aime.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mon petit ange |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɔ̃ p(ə)ti‿t‿ɑ̃ʒ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mon petit ange” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for mon petit ange is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɔ̃ p(ə)ti‿t‿ɑ̃ʒ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Terme affectueux par lequel on s'adresse à la femme qu'on aime.".
mon petit ange has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is mon petit ange, spelled M-O-N- -P-E-T-I-T- -A-N-G-E.
Definition
- 1Terme affectueux par lequel on s'adresse à la femme qu'on aime.
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 “mon petit ange”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-O-N- -P-E-T-I-T- -A-N-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mɔ̃ p(ə)ti‿t‿ɑ̃ʒ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.