petit bout de chou
\pə.ti bu də ʃu\
The verdict
“petit bout de chou” 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
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Jeune enfant, bébé.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | petit bout de chou |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pə.ti bu də ʃu\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “petit bout de chou” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for petit bout de chou is 18 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pə.ti bu də ʃu\. 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: "Jeune enfant, bébé.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for petit bout de chou in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 bout de chou, spelled P-E-T-I-T- -B-O-U-T- -D-E- -C-H-O-U.
Definition
- 1Jeune enfant, bébé.
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 bout de chou”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-E-T-I-T- -B-O-U-T- -D-E- -C-H-O-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.