petit pain au chocolat
\pə.ti pɛ̃ o ʃɔ.kɔ.la\
The verdict
“petit pain au chocolat” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 22
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pain au chocolat.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | petit pain au chocolat |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pə.ti pɛ̃ o ʃɔ.kɔ.la\ |
| Letters | 22 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “petit pain au chocolat” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
petit pain au chocolat is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pə.ti pɛ̃ o ʃɔ.kɔ.la\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pain au chocolat.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for petit pain au chocolat, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is petit pain au chocolat, spelled P-E-T-I-T- -P-A-I-N- -A-U- -C-H-O-C-O-L-A-T.
Definition
- 1Pain au chocolat.
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 au chocolat”
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- -A-U- -C-H-O-C-O-L-A-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pə.ti pɛ̃ o ʃɔ.kɔ.la\ (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.