peccadille
French, noun/pɛ.ka.dij/
peccadille is spelled P-E-C-C-A-D-I-L-L-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written French, the 149,203rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Peccadille is a French feminine noun meaning “peccadillo (small sin or error)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit péché ; faute légère”.
What does peccadille mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepeccadillo (small sin or error)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit péché ; faute légère. 2. Chose sans valeur.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of peccadille
- peccadilles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce peccadille?
- /pɛ.ka.dij/
- /pe.ka.dij/
- \pe.ka.dij\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to peccadille
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is peccadille in French?
peccadille appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).