petite cuillère

\pə.tit kɥi.jɛʁ\

/\pə.tit kɥi.jɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“petite cuillère” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cuillère de petite dimension, servant de cuillère à café ou de cuillère à dessert.

Key facts for petite cuillère
PropertyValue
Headwordpetite cuillère
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pə.tit kɥi.jɛʁ\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “petite cuillère” sits in French frequency

petite cuillère falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

petite cuillère is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pə.tit kɥi.jɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cuillère de petite dimension, servant de cuillère à café ou de cuillère à dessert.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for petite cuillère, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is petite cuillère, spelled P-E-T-I-T-E- -C-U-I-L-L-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cuillère de petite dimension, servant de cuillère à café ou de cuillère à dessert.

Synonyms

cuillère à cafécuillère à thé

Antonyms

grande cuillère

This word in other languages

teaspoon(English)cucharilla(Español)Teelöffel(Deutsch)colher de chá(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "petite cuillère"?
"petite cuillère" is spelled P-E-T-I-T-E- -C-U-I-L-L-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pə.tit kɥi.jɛʁ\.
What does "petite cuillère" mean?
As a noun, "petite cuillère" means: Cuillère de petite dimension, servant de cuillère à café ou de cuillère à dessert.
How do you pronounce "petite cuillère"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "petite cuillère" is \pə.tit kɥi.jɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "petite cuillère" come from?
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Using “petite cuillère”

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-U-I-L-L-È-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \pə.tit kɥi.jɛʁ\ (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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list