petit grèbe
\pə.ti ɡʁɛb\
The verdict
“petit grèbe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de grèbe castagneux (oiseau).
Corpus desk
Index FR-petit-grebe · petit grèbe · French
petit grèbe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 grèbe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pə.ti ɡʁɛb\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
petit grèbe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pə.ti ɡʁɛb\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de grèbe castagneux (oiseau).".
petit grèbe has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is petit grèbe, spelled P-E-T-I-T- -G-R-È-B-E.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de grèbe castagneux (oiseau).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how petit grèbe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le harle se rue à nouveau sur sa victime, la saisit l'espace d'une ou deux secondes encore, provoquant un grand remous, puis le petit grèbe parvient à prendre la fuite vers les roseaux où il se dissimule, vivement poursuivi.
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.