peton
\pə.tɔ̃\
The verdict
“peton” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit pied.
Corpus desk
Index FR-peton · peton · French
peton · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | peton |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pə.tɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « peton » en français
Rare enough to double-check
peton is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pə.tɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Petit pied.".
Zero misspellings are on record for peton in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is peton, spelled P-E-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1Petit pied.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how peton appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Oh, le pauvre petit peton tout enflé !
— Les hommes sans chaussures n’ont qu’à se présenter, pieds nus, à l’état-major, et le commandant les mènera lui-même à la mairie. Ils auront mis la baïonnette au canon et des cartouches dans la giberne. On est venus au rendez-vous, petons au vent.
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.