petite guerre
The verdict
“petite guerre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Manœuvres militaires, simulacre de guerre, dans lequel des corps d’une même armée manœuvrent et feignent de combattre les uns contre les autres.
Corpus desk
Index FR-petite-guerre · petite guerre · French
petite guerre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 guerre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
petite guerre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for petite guerre, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is petite guerre, spelled P-E-T-I-T-E- -G-U-E-R-R-E.
Definition
- 1Manœuvres militaires, simulacre de guerre, dans lequel des corps d’une même armée manœuvrent et feignent de combattre les uns contre les autres.
- 2Guérilla, conflit qui se fait par détachements ou par partis, dans le dessein d’observer les démarches de l’ennemi, de l’incommoder, de le harceler.
- 3Jeu d’enfants qui est une imitation de ces manœuvres.
- 4Rivalité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how petite guerre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il faut désauvager (je ne sais si le vocable existe) les tribus en faisant cesser les petites discordes intérieures, les éternelles petites guerres qui portent à la famille une grave atteinte.
Jouer à la petite guerre.
Synonyms
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.