petit commerçant
\pə.ti kɔ.mɛʁ.sɑ̃\
The verdict
“petit commerçant” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commerçant pratiquant la vente au détail.
Corpus desk
Index FR-petit-commercant · petit commerçant · French
petit commerçant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 commerçant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pə.ti kɔ.mɛʁ.sɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « petit commerçant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
petit commerçant is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pə.ti kɔ.mɛʁ.sɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Commerçant pratiquant la vente au détail.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for petit commerçant, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is petit commerçant, spelled P-E-T-I-T- -C-O-M-M-E-R-Ç-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Commerçant pratiquant la vente au détail.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how petit commerçant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Reportage chez des petits commerçants parisiens, souvent mal informés, partageant leurs inquiétudes face à cette réforme qui arrive en janvier.
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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.