pétulant
\pe.ty.lɑ̃\
The verdict
“pétulant” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est vif, brusque, impétueux, qui peine à se contenir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-petulant · pétulant · French
pétulant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | pétulant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pe.ty.lɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
pétulant is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pe.ty.lɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est vif, brusque, impétueux, qui peine à se contenir.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for pétulant in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is pétulant, spelled P-É-T-U-L-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui est vif, brusque, impétueux, qui peine à se contenir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pétulant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est ce que dit le proverbe, s’écria Wamba, qui plaçait partout son mot, mais dont le ton, cette fois, était moins pétulant que de coutume.
Insensible aux hommages, la jeune fille regardait avec une espèce d’anxiété le château des Tuileries, sans doute le but de sa pétulante promenade.
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.