petite calorie
\pə.tit ka.lɔ.ʁi\
The verdict
“petite calorie” 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
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Calorie utilisée dans la physique, la chimie et l’ingénierie, qui vaut environ 4,2 joules, par opposition à la calorie utilisée dans la diététique, qui vaut 1000 petites calories, soit environ 4,2 ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | petite calorie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pə.tit ka.lɔ.ʁi\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “petite calorie” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for petite calorie is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pə.tit ka.lɔ.ʁi\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Calorie utilisée dans la physique, la chimie et l’ingénierie, qui vaut environ 4,2 joules, par opposition à la calorie utilisée dans la diététique, qui vaut 1000 petites calories, soit environ 4,2 ...".
Zero misspellings are on record for petite calorie in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is petite calorie, spelled P-E-T-I-T-E- -C-A-L-O-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1Calorie utilisée dans la physique, la chimie et l’ingénierie, qui vaut environ 4,2 joules, par opposition à la calorie utilisée dans la diététique, qui vaut 1000 petites calories, soit environ 4,2 kilojoules.
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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.
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Using “petite calorie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-E-T-I-T-E- -C-A-L-O-R-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pə.tit ka.lɔ.ʁi\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.