petit ami
\pə.ti.t‿a.mi\
The verdict
“petit ami” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Homme avec qui le sujet vit une relation de couple amoureuse.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | petit ami |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pə.ti.t‿a.mi\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “petit ami” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for petit ami is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pə.ti.t‿a.mi\. 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: "Homme avec qui le sujet vit une relation de couple amoureuse.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for petit ami, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 petit ami, spelled P-E-T-I-T- -A-M-I.
Definition
- 1Homme avec qui le sujet vit une relation de couple amoureuse.
This word in other languages
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 “petit ami”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-E-T-I-T- -A-M-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pə.ti.t‿a.mi\ (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.