pétitionnaire
\pe.ti.sjɔ.nɛʁ\
The verdict
“pétitionnaire” 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) - Celui ou celle qui fait, qui présente une pétition.
Corpus desk
Index FR-petitionnaire · pétitionnaire · French
pétitionnaire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | pétitionnaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pe.ti.sjɔ.nɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
pétitionnaire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pe.ti.sjɔ.nɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for pétitionnaire in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is pétitionnaire, spelled P-É-T-I-T-I-O-N-N-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Celui ou celle qui fait, qui présente une pétition.
- 2Celui ou celle qui fait, qui présente une demande.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pétitionnaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ces lettres, qui agaçaient particulièrement Marino, allaient l’une après l’autre au panier, et l’accueil fait aux pétitionnaires les plus audacieux n’était pas tendre.
Il confère en effet au pétitionnaire la possibilité de faire évoluer son projet sans perdre le bénéfice des droits attachés à l’autorisation qui lui a été initialement délivrée.
This word in other languages
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.