petite bière
\pə.tit bjɛʁ\
The verdict
“petite bière” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bière peu alcoolisée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-petite-biere · petite bière · French
petite bière · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | petite bière |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pə.tit bjɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
petite bière is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pə.tit bjɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for petite bière in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is petite bière, spelled P-E-T-I-T-E- -B-I-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Bière peu alcoolisée.
- 2Chose facile à faire.
- 3Chose anodine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how petite bière appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On épuise encore deux fois le malt par l'eau bouillante ; le premier liquide obtenu est mêlé à celui que l'on a préparé précédemment ; le second sert à fabriquer de la petite bière.
Des bières légères. Il faut placer dans cette division la plus grande partie des bières blanches légères et peu colorées, de Paris et des départemens du nord de la France, l’uytzet légère de Wotteren , les petites bières de toute la Belgique, et la plupart des ailes des Anglais : […].
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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.