petit-pied
\pə.ti.pje\
The verdict
“petit-pied” 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 September 3, 2026) - Trépied muni d'un vase, destiné à porter un bouquet, mis à la mode au XVIII^(ème) siècle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-petit-pied · petit-pied · French
petit-pied · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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-pied |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pə.ti.pje\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
petit-pied is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pə.ti.pje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
petit-pied doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is petit-pied, spelled P-E-T-I-T---P-I-E-D.
Definition
- 1Trépied muni d'un vase, destiné à porter un bouquet, mis à la mode au XVIII^(ème) siècle.
- 2Os du sabot du cheval.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how petit-pied appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Autre figure de cuivre antique vernissé, d'un porc sanglier de la longueur de deux poulces et demys (sic) posé sur un petit-pied de bronze.
Le petit-pied est un os triangulaire, arrondi par - devant. La partie supérieure représente l'empeigne d'une mule de femme, avec un petit bec sur le coup-du -pied
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.