pita

\pi.ta\

/\pi.ta\/ noun

The verdict

“pita” is uncommon French (frequency #50,420 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,420
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Galette de pain, traditionnelle dans le monde méditerranéen.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pita · pita · French

pita · rank #50,420 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,420
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH planta

Nearest frequency peer: planta (+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 « pita »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pita » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pita
PropertyValue
Headwordpita
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pi.ta\
Letters4
Frequency rank#50,420
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pita » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.pitatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « planta » (#50,421), « pirouettes » (#50,418), « plasticiens » (#50,422). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pita » est au #50,420. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pita is uncommon French at frequency #50,420 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pi.ta\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Galette de pain, traditionnelle dans le monde méditerranéen.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for pita in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is pita, spelled P-I-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Galette de pain, traditionnelle dans le monde méditerranéen.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce nectar est évidemment au cœur de la recette du muhammara syrien, un dip de poivrons rouges grillés au four puis mixés avec cerneaux de noix, ail, chapelure, huile d’olive, jus de citron, sel, cumin et flocons de piment d’Alep, à déguster sur du pain pita : un kif levantin !
  2. On apporta ensuite des saladiers de chou râpé, de poivrons rouges grillés et de cornichons, ainsi qu’une grande assiette sur laquelle fumait une pita au fromage.

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); 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 "pita"?
"pita" is spelled P-I-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is \pi.ta\.
What does "pita" mean?
As a noun, "pita" means: Galette de pain, traditionnelle dans le monde méditerranéen.
How do you pronounce "pita"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pita" is \pi.ta\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pita" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list