pétasse

\pe.tas\

/\pe.tas\/ noun

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The verdict

“pétasse” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,097. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,097
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prostituée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-petasse · pétasse · French

pétasse · rank #25,097 · 9 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,097
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pétards

Nearest frequency peer: pétards (-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 « pétasse »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pétasse » 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).

pétasse vs potasse
86% similar
pétasse vs poétesse
75% similar
pétasse vs passé
57% similar

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

Key facts for pétasse
PropertyValue
Headwordpétasse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pe.tas\
Letters7
Frequency rank#25,097
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pétasse »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pétards » (#25,096), « pénitencier » (#25,095), « pédagogue » (#25,094). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pétasse » est au #25,097. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around pétasse (IPA \pe.tas\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,097 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for pétasse, with forms such as "petasse", "ppétasse", and "ptéasse". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "potasse", "poétesse", "passé", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is pétasse, spelled P-É-T-A-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prostituée.
  2. 2
    Fille d’un mauvais genre, vulgaire.
  3. 3
    Homme légèrement efféminé, toujours habillé à la mode.
  4. 4
    Femme prétentieuse, péteuse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Adolphe Albert a aussi représenté des pétasses battant leur quart dans les bals. Mais, ça manque de mordant, c’est trop lichotté ; on dirait des grandes photographies avec de la couleur dessus.
  2. Il était tout ce qu'il y a de beau môme, le Komako, mais pas regardant quant au sexe. Il a été entretenu, Panhard-Levassor, hôtel particulier, bijoux, du kif comme une pétasse de luxe. — Et ça ne lui a pas porté bonheur ? — Non ! Son micheton lui faisait prendre de la drogue. C’était vicieux et compagnie. Bref, il est crevé bêtement, question de dose.

Synonyms

catinputain

This word in other languages

bitch(English)zorra(Español)Metze(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • petasse
  • ppétasse
  • ptéasse
  • péatsse
  • pétase
  • pétases
  • pétsase
  • péttasse
  • éptasse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pétasse - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

petasse1ppétasse1ptéasse2péatsse2pétase1pétases2pétsase2péttasse1
Edit distance from "pétasse"

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 "pétasse"?
"pétasse" is spelled P-É-T-A-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pe.tas\.
What does "pétasse" mean?
As a noun, "pétasse" means: Prostituée.
What words are commonly confused with "pétasse"?
"pétasse" is commonly confused with "potasse", "poétesse", "passé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pétasse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pétasse" is \pe.tas\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pétasse" come from?
"pétasse" 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 "pétasse", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

pétards#25,096pseudos#25,091relaxer#25,107pompage#25,081

Similar misspelling depth

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

raciales9 variantsserver9 variantsShelley9 variantsobèses9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list