pétrole

\pe.tʁɔl\

/\pe.tʁɔl\/ noun

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The verdict

“pétrole” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,850. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,850
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Huile minérale servant à l’éclairage et au chauffage.

Corpus desk

Index FR-petrole · pétrole · French

pétrole · rank #2,850 · 11 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,850
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pré

Nearest frequency peer: pré (-1 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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « pétrole »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « pétrole » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pétrole vs pétroles
88% similar
pétrole vs pétrolier
78% similar
pétrole vs perle
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for pétrole
PropertyValue
Headwordpétrole
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pe.tʁɔl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,850
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pétrole »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).pétrolese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pré » (#2,849), « prof » (#2,848), « show » (#2,852). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pétrole » est au #2,850. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around pétrole (IPA \pe.tʁɔl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,850 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for pétrole, with forms such as "petrole", "ppétrole", and "ptérole". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "pétroles", "pétrolier", "perle", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is pétrole, spelled P-É-T-R-O-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Huile minérale servant à l’éclairage et au chauffage.
  2. 2
    Ensemble d’hydrocarbures qui sont à la base de l’économie mondiale du XXᵉ siècle.
  3. 3
    Produit à base de cette huile.
  4. 4
    Secteur économique des hydrocarbures.
  5. 5
    Cosmétique pour les cheveux.
  6. 6
    Bière noire très épaisse et forte en alcool.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how pétrole appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. […], depuis la Seconde Guerre mondiale, les nations d'Europe occidentale ont laissé dépérir leur industrie charbonnière, tant il était facile de se procurer, en abondance et à bas prix, le pétrole du Proche et du Moyen-Orient.
  2. Pour Perez Alfonso, illustre figure politique du Venezuela, vénéré par son pays comme l’un des pères-fondateurs de l’O.P.E.P., en 1960, le pétrole, c’était la mierda del diablo, la merde du diable!

Synonyms

or noir

This word in other languages

petroleum(English)petróleo(Español)Erdöl(Deutsch)petróleo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • petrole
  • ppétrole
  • ptérole
  • pértole
  • pétorle
  • pétrloe
  • pétroel
  • pétrolle
  • pétrrole
  • péttrole
  • éptrole

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pétrole - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

petrole1ppétrole1ptérole2pértole2pétorle2pétrloe2pétroel2pétrolle1
Edit distance from "pétrole"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pétrole"?
"pétrole" is spelled P-É-T-R-O-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pe.tʁɔl\.
What does "pétrole" mean?
As a noun, "pétrole" means: Huile minérale servant à l’éclairage et au chauffage.
What words are commonly confused with "pétrole"?
"pétrole" is commonly confused with "pétroles", "pétrolier", "perle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pétrole"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pétrole" is \pe.tʁɔl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pétrole" come from?
"pétrole" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pétrole", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

positif#2,846siècles#2,854parlant#2,843marques#2,838

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

utilisés11 variantsanciennes11 variantsappareils11 variantsincendie11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list