paletot
[pal.tɔ]
The verdict
“paletot” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mantel, Paletot, Überrock, Überzieher, Strickjacke
Corpus desk
Index DE-paletot · paletot · German
paletot · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | paletot |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pal.tɔ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „paletot“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
paletot is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pal.tɔ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mantel, Paletot, Überrock, Überzieher, Strickjacke".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for paletot, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is paletot, spelled P-A-L-E-T-O-T.
Definition
- 1Mantel, Paletot, Überrock, Überzieher, Strickjacke
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how paletot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„On reconnaissait les serruriers à leurs bourgerons bleus, les maçons à leurs cottes blanches, les peintres à leurs paletots, sous lesquels de longues blouses passaient.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.