petit bleu
\pə.ti blø\
The verdict
“petit bleu” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Télégramme, pneumatique que l’on envoie ou reçoit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-petit-bleu · petit bleu · French
petit bleu · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 bleu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pə.ti blø\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « petit bleu » en français
Rare enough to double-check
petit bleu is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pə.ti blø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
petit bleu doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 bleu, spelled P-E-T-I-T- -B-L-E-U.
Definition
- 1Télégramme, pneumatique que l’on envoie ou reçoit.
- 2Vin ordinaire et médiocre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how petit bleu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ouvrant de nouveau le tiroir, il y plongea la main et en retira le petit bleu dans lequel Jacques Bellegarde s’excusait de ne pouvoir se rendre chez lui à l’heure dite.
Ses petits bleus furent écrits en une demi-heure.
Synonyms
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.