petit-vieux
\pə.ti.vjø\
The verdict
“petit-vieux” 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) - Nom donné à un régiment sous Louis XIII et Louis XIV.
Corpus desk
Index FR-petit-vieux · petit-vieux · French
petit-vieux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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-vieux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pə.ti.vjø\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
petit-vieux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pə.ti.vjø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom donné à un régiment sous Louis XIII et Louis XIV.".
Zero misspellings are on record for petit-vieux in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is petit-vieux, spelled P-E-T-I-T---V-I-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Nom donné à un régiment sous Louis XIII et Louis XIV.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how petit-vieux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On appelle Vieux corps les six plus anciens régiments d'infanterie de France ; et on appelle Petit vieux, absol., sans ajouter Corps, six autres régiments d'infanterie qui ont rang après les six premiers.
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.