un peu mon petit
\œ̃ pø mɔ̃ pti\
The verdict
“un peu mon petit” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tout à fait, absolument.
Corpus desk
Index FR-un-peu-mon-petit · un peu mon petit · French
un peu mon petit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" 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 | un peu mon petit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \œ̃ pø mɔ̃ pti\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « un peu mon petit » en français
Rare enough to double-check
un peu mon petit is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \œ̃ pø mɔ̃ pti\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tout à fait, absolument.".
No misspelling variants are generated for un peu mon petit in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is un peu mon petit, spelled U-N- -P-E-U- -M-O-N- -P-E-T-I-T.
Definition
- 1Tout à fait, absolument.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how un peu mon petit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« Triple corne de cocu ! grogna une voix rauque, qui n’était autre que celle de La Râpée, j’ai manqué mon coup. — Un peu, mon petit, répondit Hérode, je suis pourtant assez gros ; il faut que tu sois diantrement maladroit ; mais toi, pare celle-là. »
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.