piccolo

Name: piccolo, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\pi.kɔ.lo\

/\pi.kɔ.lo\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“piccolo” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,225. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,225
frequency rank, French: 6,826
“P” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite flûte traversière.

Corpus desk

Index FR-piccolo · piccolo · French

piccolo · rank #45,225 · 8 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #45,225
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,826
PHOTO-FINISH persane

Nearest frequency peer: persane (-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.

payen

54,779
païennes

54,778
persane

54,777
piccolo

54,776
pichet

54,775
pionnières

54,774

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

Key facts for piccolo
Property	Value
Headword	piccolo
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\pi.kɔ.lo\
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#45,225
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « piccolo »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).piccolose place ici:

#45,225

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « persane » (#45,224), « pichet » (#45,226), « païennes » (#45,223). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « piccolo » est au #45,225. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around piccolo (IPA \pi.kɔ.lo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,225 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for piccolo, with forms such as "ipccolo", "pcicolo", and "piccloo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is piccolo, spelled P-I-C-C-O-L-O.

Definition

1
Petite flûte traversière.
2
Nom mis en apposition à celui d’autres instruments d’une taille inférieure au modèle courant : hautbois piccolo, violoncelle piccolo.
3
Petit vin léger de certains pays.
4
Petite bouteille de vin de 20 cl.
5
Picoleur.
6
Coup spécial au jeu de boston ou de whist à la couleur consistant à ne faire qu’une levée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Là aussi, les photos de la pochette de leur deuxième album nous révèle le matériel employé : guitare, basse, orgue Farfisa, boîte à rythme, flûtes traversières (du piccolo à la flûte basse coudée), employés de façon non orthodoxe, trafiqués, disséqués, concassés.
Le repas fut des plus gais : le vin était mauvais, du piccolo, du gros rouge, et le blanc n’était guère meilleur.

This word in other languages

piccolo(English)flautín(Español)Piccoloflöte(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ipccolo
pcicolo
piccloo
piccollo
piccool
picoclo
picolo
ppiccolo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of piccolo - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "piccolo"

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 "piccolo"?

"piccolo" is spelled P-I-C-C-O-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is \pi.kɔ.lo\.

What does "piccolo" mean?

As a noun, "piccolo" means: Petite flûte traversière.

What are common misspellings of "piccolo"?

Common misspellings include "ipccolo", "pcicolo", "piccloo", "piccollo", "piccool". The correct spelling is "piccolo".

How do you pronounce "piccolo"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "piccolo" is \pi.kɔ.lo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "piccolo" come from?

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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