petit coin
\pə.ti kwɛ̃\
The verdict
“petit coin” 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
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Les toilettes.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | petit coin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pə.ti kwɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “petit coin” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for petit coin is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pə.ti kwɛ̃\. 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: "Les toilettes.".
Zero misspellings are on record for petit coin in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is petit coin, spelled P-E-T-I-T- -C-O-I-N.
Definition
- 1Les toilettes.
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.
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Using “petit coin”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-E-T-I-T- -C-O-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pə.ti kwɛ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.