petit-beurre
\pə.ti.bœʁ\
The verdict
“petit-beurre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Biscuit sec de forme rectangulaire ou carrée et à bords dentelés.
Corpus desk
Index FR-petit-beurre · petit-beurre · French
petit-beurre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | petit-beurre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pə.ti.bœʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
petit-beurre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pə.ti.bœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Biscuit sec de forme rectangulaire ou carrée et à bords dentelés.".
Zero misspellings are on record for petit-beurre in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is petit-beurre, spelled P-E-T-I-T---B-E-U-R-R-E.
Definition
- 1Biscuit sec de forme rectangulaire ou carrée et à bords dentelés.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how petit-beurre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Des célébrités comme Sarah Bernhardt, Anatole France, Sacha Guitry, Alphonse Mucha, Sempé ou Fernandel ont contribué à la notoriété de la marque LU et de son « véritable petit-beurre ».
Impatient de connaître ces premières nouvelles, Lepage se dépêcha de ramasser les vivres qu’il destinait à Chalumot, et les quatre petits-beurre ramollis de leur dessert.
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.