petit bois
\pə.ti bwɑ\
The verdict
“petit bois” 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) - Ensemble de brindilles utilisées pour activer un feu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-petit-bois · petit bois · French
petit bois · 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 bois |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pə.ti bwɑ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « petit bois » en français
Rare enough to double-check
petit bois is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pə.ti bwɑ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for petit bois, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is petit bois, spelled P-E-T-I-T- -B-O-I-S.
Definition
- 1Ensemble de brindilles utilisées pour activer un feu.
- 2Cadrillage en bois, mouluré ou non, inscrit dans le cadre d’une porte ou d’une fenêtre vitrée créant ainsi une trame esthétique et structurelle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how petit bois appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans l’allumage d’un feu, le petit bois est classé comme « combustible secondaire », après l’initiateur.
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.