papillote
noun
papillote is spelled P-A-P-I-L-L-O-T-E: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, papillote means “A small piece of aluminum foil or parchment paper, wrapped around food during cooking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of papillote is papillotes.
How many letters and syllables are in papillote?
| Letters | 9: P-A-P-I-L-L-O-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 56 million words; the 234,209th 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 papillote?
Papillote appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th 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).
What rhymes with papillote?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as papillote.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: popliteal.
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 papillote
- papillotes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does papillote mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small piece of aluminum foil or parchment paper, wrapped around food during cooking.
cooked en papillote
- 2
A small piece of paper used to roll up hair to make it curl.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does papillote come from?
Borrowed from French papillote.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).