peanuts

\pi.nœts\

/\pi.nœts\/ noun

The verdict

“peanuts” is uncommon French (frequency #54,148 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,148
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Très peu, presque rien.

Corpus desk

Index FR-peanuts · peanuts · French

peanuts · rank #54,148 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,148
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH passing

Nearest frequency peer: passing (-2 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « peanuts »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « peanuts » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for peanuts
PropertyValue
Headwordpeanuts
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pi.nœts\
Letters7
Frequency rank#54,148
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « peanuts » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).peanutstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « passing » (#54,146), « perpétrer » (#54,150), « parqués » (#54,145). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « peanuts » est au #54,148. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

peanuts is uncommon French at frequency #54,148 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pi.nœts\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for peanuts, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is peanuts, spelled P-E-A-N-U-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Très peu, presque rien.
  2. 2
    Très peu, presque rien.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how peanuts appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Autre sujet d’interrogation : les moyens alloués aux agents de la nouvelle police : « 154 policiers municipaux à l’échelle de la ville, c’est “peanuts” ! », tance Fatoumata Koné, présidente du groupe Ecologistes de Paris. « Il va falloir y mettre les moyens pour que cette police municipale soit efficace. »
  2. Sommes-nous de quelque espèce de singe pour travailler pour des peanuts?

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "peanuts"?
"peanuts" is spelled P-E-A-N-U-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pi.nœts\.
What does "peanuts" mean?
As a noun, "peanuts" means: Très peu, presque rien.
How do you pronounce "peanuts"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "peanuts" is \pi.nœts\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "peanuts", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list