pété par la gelée
\pe.te paʁ la ʒə.le\
The verdict
“pété par la gelée” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fou.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pété par la gelée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pe.te paʁ la ʒə.le\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pété par la gelée” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for pété par la gelée is 17 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pe.te paʁ la ʒə.le\. 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: "Fou.".
pété par la gelée has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is pété par la gelée, spelled P-É-T-É- -P-A-R- -L-A- -G-E-L-É-E.
Definition
- 1Fou.
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 “pété par la gelée”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-É-T-É- -P-A-R- -L-A- -G-E-L-É-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pe.te paʁ la ʒə.le\ (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.