petrol
\pɛtrəl\
The verdict
“petrol” is uncommon French (frequency #86,012 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,012
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Essence.
Corpus desk
Index FR-petrol · petrol · French
petrol · rank #86,012 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,012
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 248,534
- PHOTO-FINISH perturbait
Nearest frequency peer: perturbait (-2 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “petrol”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- penchons
penchons
13,994 corpus weight
- perfore
perfore
13,992 corpus weight
- perturbait
perturbait
13,991 corpus weight
- petrol
petrol
13,989 corpus weight
- philippiens
philippiens
13,987 corpus weight
- phosphorique
phosphorique
13,985 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “petrol” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | petrol |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɛtrəl\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #86,012 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “petrol” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
petrol is uncommon French at frequency #86,012 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛtrəl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Essence.".
Zero misspellings are on record for petrol in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is petrol, spelled P-E-T-R-O-L.
Definition
- 1Essence.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "petrol", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.