petit pot
\pə.ti po\
The verdict
“petit pot” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Petite portion de nourriture préparée pour un bébé et présentée dans un pot de verre.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | petit pot |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pə.ti po\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “petit pot” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for petit pot is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pə.ti po\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for petit pot in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is petit pot, spelled P-E-T-I-T- -P-O-T.
Definition
- 1Petite portion de nourriture préparée pour un bébé et présentée dans un pot de verre.
- 2Pot de chambre pour bambin.
- 3Petit-déjeuner à la cantine.
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 pot”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-E-T-I-T- -P-O-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pə.ti po\ (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.