petitissime
\pə.ti.ti.sim\
The verdict
“petitissime” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Très petit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-petitissime · petitissime · French
petitissime · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | petitissime |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pə.ti.ti.sim\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
petitissime is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pə.ti.ti.sim\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Très petit.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for petitissime in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 petitissime, spelled P-E-T-I-T-I-S-S-I-M-E.
Definition
- 1Très petit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how petitissime appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une affaire de parti dans la petitissime république [Genève].
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.