pour la petite histoire
The verdict
“pour la petite histoire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 23
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - À titre d’anecdote, de façon anecdotique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pour-la-petite-histoire · pour la petite histoire · French
pour la petite histoire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 23 letters
- VOW-10 10 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 | pour la petite histoire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 23 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
pour la petite histoire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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
- 1À titre d’anecdote, de façon anecdotique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pour la petite histoire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour la petite histoire il fut dévoré sous forme de brochettes assaisonnées de fines herbes, selon une recette ancestrale gobeline, toutefois peu utilisée par manque de matière première, c'est-à-dire de viande de chien. (Claude Aubertin, La petite elfe en colère, 2019)
Synonyms
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.