Petitot
The verdict
“Petitot” is uncommon French (frequency #97,273 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,273
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom de famille français.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Petitot |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #97,273 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Petitot” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Petitot is uncommon French at frequency #97,273 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille français.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Petitot in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Petitot, spelled P-E-T-I-T-O-T.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille français.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Petitot”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-E-T-I-T-O-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.