petit chou de Bruxelles
\pə.ti ʃu də bʁyk.sɛl\
The verdict
“petit chou de Bruxelles” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 23
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variété de chou cultivé pour ses bourgeons axillaires qui forment de petites têtes pommées, consommées comme légume.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | petit chou de Bruxelles |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pə.ti ʃu də bʁyk.sɛl\ |
| Letters | 23 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “petit chou de Bruxelles” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
petit chou de Bruxelles is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pə.ti ʃu də bʁyk.sɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variété de chou cultivé pour ses bourgeons axillaires qui forment de petites têtes pommées, consommées comme légume.".
Zero misspellings are on record for petit chou de Bruxelles 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is petit chou de Bruxelles, spelled P-E-T-I-T- -C-H-O-U- -D-E- -B-R-U-X-E-L-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Variété de chou cultivé pour ses bourgeons axillaires qui forment de petites têtes pommées, consommées comme légume.
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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- The one correct French spelling is P-E-T-I-T- -C-H-O-U- -D-E- -B-R-U-X-E-L-L-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.