petty
\ˈpɛ.tɪ\
The verdict
“petty” is uncommon French (frequency #58,157 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,157
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit, mesquin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-petty · petty · French
petty · rank #58,157 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,157
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH persistait
Nearest frequency peer: persistait (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « petty »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- perpétuels
perpétuels
41,848 corpus weight
- Perreux
Perreux
41,847 corpus weight
- persistait
persistait
41,845 corpus weight
- petty
petty
41,844 corpus weight
- philanthrop…
philanthropiques
41,843 corpus weight
- photomontage
photomontage
41,841 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « petty » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | petty |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈpɛ.tɪ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #58,157 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « petty » en français
Rare enough to double-check
petty is uncommon French at frequency #58,157 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈpɛ.tɪ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
petty has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is petty, spelled P-E-T-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Petit, mesquin.
- 2Petit, secondaire en terme d'importance.
- 3Insignifiant.
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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