corselet
/ˈkɔːslət/noun
corselet is spelled C-O-R-S-E-L-E-T: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 59 million words in written English, the 240,237th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, corselet means “Armor for the body, for example a breastplate and backpiece taken together” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of corselet is corselets.
How many letters and syllables are in corselet?
| Letters | 8: C-O-R-S-E-L-E-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 59 million words; the 240,237th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is corselet?
Corselet appears about once in every 59 million words in written English, the 240,237th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce corselet?
- UK /ˈkɔːslət/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-corselet.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with corselet?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as corselet (/ɔslət/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: selector.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of corselet
- corselets plural
- corcelet
- corselette
- corslet
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does corselet mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Armor for the body, for example a breastplate and backpiece taken together.
- 2
An entire suit of armor, made up chiefly of the breastplate and backpiece worn with a headpiece and with a gorget, pauldrons, vambraces, gauntlets, and tassets attached.
- 3
A tight-fitting item of clothing which covers the body and not the limbs.
- 4
A type of women's underwear, combining a bra and a girdle in one garment; a corselette.
- 5
The thorax of an insect.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Corselet in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense underwear:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | combiné |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does corselet come from?
From French corselet, from cors, an archaic spelling of corps (“body”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).