pépite

\pe.pit\

/\pe.pit\/ noun

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The verdict

“pépite” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,667. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,667
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Morceau d’or natif plus grand qu’un grain d'or ou une paillette, détaché de sa gangue et roulé par les eaux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pepite · pépite · French

pépite · rank #22,667 · 9 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,667
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH périlleux

Nearest frequency peer: périlleux (+1 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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « pépite »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « pépite » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pépite vs pète
50% similar
pépite vs petit
50% similar
pépite vs perte
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for pépite
PropertyValue
Headwordpépite
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pe.pit\
Letters6
Frequency rank#22,667
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pépite »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).pépitese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « périlleux » (#22,668), « préparées » (#22,665), « qqn » (#22,669). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pépite » est au #22,667. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around pépite (IPA \pe.pit\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,667 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for pépite, with forms such as "pepite", "ppéite", and "ppépite". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "pète", "petit", "perte", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is pépite, spelled P-É-P-I-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Morceau d’or natif plus grand qu’un grain d'or ou une paillette, détaché de sa gangue et roulé par les eaux.
  2. 2
    Morceaux d’autres métaux précieux.
  3. 3
    Morceaux de chocolat inclus dans des gâteaux.
  4. 4
    Graines de tournesol ou de courge grillées
  5. 5
    Jeune talent, notamment dans le milieu du sport.
  6. 6
    Texte ou histoire notable.
  7. 7
    Jeune talent, notamment dans le milieu du transport, servira à combler les trous et gérer tous les projets en cours.
  8. 8
    Chose qui est de qualité et qui est nouvelle pour une personne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C’était bien, cependant, une pépite d’or, présentant des traces de concrétion ou de fusion, et enveloppant dans sa masse quelques parcelles de sable.
  2. On a trouvé dans les terrains aurifères de la Californie et de l’Australie de fort grosses pépites.

This word in other languages

nugget(English)pepita(Español)Klumpen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pepite
  • ppéite
  • ppépite
  • péipte
  • pépiet
  • pépitte
  • péppite
  • péptie
  • éppite

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pépite - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

pepite1ppéite2ppépite1péipte2pépiet2pépitte1péppite1péptie2
Edit distance from "pépite"

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 "pépite"?
"pépite" is spelled P-É-P-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pe.pit\.
What does "pépite" mean?
As a noun, "pépite" means: Morceau d’or natif plus grand qu’un grain d'or ou une paillette, détaché de sa gangue et roulé par les eaux.
What words are commonly confused with "pépite"?
"pépite" is commonly confused with "pète", "petit", "perte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pépite"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pépite" is \pe.pit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pépite" come from?
"pépite" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pomper#22,652plaidé#22,650romano#22,684pesait#22,649

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

pourries9 variantspersan9 variantspatins9 variantssushis9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list