porcelet

\pɔʁ.sə.lɛ\

/\pɔʁ.sə.lɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“porcelet” is uncommon French (frequency #72,628 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,628
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit porc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-porcelet · porcelet · French

porcelet · rank #72,628 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,628
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH polychromes

Nearest frequency peer: polychromes (-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 « porcelet »

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 « porcelet » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for porcelet
PropertyValue
Headwordporcelet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɔʁ.sə.lɛ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#72,628
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « porcelet » en français

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « polychromes » (#72,627), « Pornichet » (#72,629), « posséderait » (#72,630). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « porcelet » est au #72,628. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

porcelet is uncommon French at frequency #72,628 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔʁ.sə.lɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for porcelet, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is porcelet, spelled P-O-R-C-E-L-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit porc.
  2. 2
    Jeune porc pas encore sevré, cochon de lait.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Aujourd’hui, lorsqu’il achète un porcelet, l’agriculteur du Châtillonnais n’a guère le choix de la race.
  2. Chez les jeunes porcelets, les septicémies peuvent conduire à la mort en moins de 15 heures et les animaux présentent de la fièvre, des difficultés respiratoires, des troubles nerveux, une cyanose et des pétéchies.

This word in other languages

piglet(English)porcel(Español)Schweinchen(Deutsch)

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 "porcelet"?
"porcelet" is spelled P-O-R-C-E-L-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔʁ.sə.lɛ\.
What does "porcelet" mean?
As a noun, "porcelet" means: Petit porc.
How do you pronounce "porcelet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "porcelet" is \pɔʁ.sə.lɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

piqueurs#72,618programs#72,639pilotées#72,615prêchait#72,647

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list