petite vérole
The verdict
“petite vérole” 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) - Variole.
Corpus desk
Index FR-petite-verole · petite vérole · French
petite vérole · 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 vérole |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « petite vérole » en français
Rare enough to double-check
petite vérole is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variole.".
petite vérole doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is petite vérole, spelled P-E-T-I-T-E- -V-É-R-O-L-E.
Definition
- 1Variole.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how petite vérole appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
M. le Duc de Normandie ayant été inoculé le jeudi 15 de ce mois, la petite vérole locale s'est développée trois jours après au endroits des piqûres. Du 7 au 8 de la maladie, s'est manifesté la fièvre d'invasion, qui annonce le passage de la matière variolique dans le sang.
La gourme est une maladie aiguë inflâmatoire critique qui joue dans l'espèce cavaline à peu-près le même rôle que la petite-vérole dans l'espèce humaine, […].
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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.