pour la petite histoire

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The verdict

“pour la petite histoire” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
23
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - À titre d’anecdote, de façon anecdotique.

Key facts for pour la petite histoire
PropertyValue
Headwordpour la petite histoire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
Letters23
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “pour la petite histoire” sits in French frequency

pour la petite histoire falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for pour la petite histoire is 23 letters long, classified as an adverb. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "À titre d’anecdote, de façon anecdotique.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pour la petite histoire, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

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 pour la petite histoire, spelled P-O-U-R- -L-A- -P-E-T-I-T-E- -H-I-S-T-O-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    À titre d’anecdote, de façon anecdotique.

Synonyms

anecdotiquementpour l’anecdote

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pour la petite histoire"?
"pour la petite histoire" is spelled P-O-U-R- -L-A- -P-E-T-I-T-E- -H-I-S-T-O-I-R-E.
What does "pour la petite histoire" mean?
As an adverb, "pour la petite histoire" means: À titre d’anecdote, de façon anecdotique.
What language does "pour la petite histoire" come from?
"pour la petite histoire" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “pour la petite histoire”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is P-O-U-R- -L-A- -P-E-T-I-T-E- -H-I-S-T-O-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list