petit pain
\pə.ti pɛ̃\
The verdict
“petit pain” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Viennoiserie (non feuilletée) en forme de petit pain, au lait et sucré.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | petit pain |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pə.ti pɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “petit pain” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
petit pain is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pə.ti pɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for petit pain in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is petit pain, spelled P-E-T-I-T- -P-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1Viennoiserie (non feuilletée) en forme de petit pain, au lait et sucré.
- 2Pain au chocolat.
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 pain”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-E-T-I-T- -P-A-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pə.ti pɛ̃\ (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.