aigretté
The verdict
“aigretté” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est pourvu d’une aigrette.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aigrette · aigretté · French
aigretté · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | aigretté |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
aigretté is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est pourvu d’une aigrette.".
aigretté has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is aigretté, spelled A-I-G-R-E-T-T-É.
Definition
- 1Qui est pourvu d’une aigrette.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aigretté appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Semences aigrettées du pissenlit.
Le plus émouvant prépuce est celui qui masque le visage de la veuve parée pour l'enterrement de son époux, enfin victorieuse, et qui l'affiche ainsi, tout troué, tout grouillant de mouches, aigretté comme un vieux pissenlit, noir d'encre qui a perdu sa plume.
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.