amassette
\a.ma.sɛt\
The verdict
“amassette” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Couteau à palette, lame dont, les peintres se servent pour amasser les couleurs broyées.
Corpus desk
Index FR-amassette · amassette · French
amassette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | amassette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.ma.sɛt\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
amassette is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.ma.sɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for amassette, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is amassette, spelled A-M-A-S-S-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Couteau à palette, lame dont, les peintres se servent pour amasser les couleurs broyées.
- 2Petit instrument avec lequel on amasse la pâte.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how amassette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il ne faut jamais le relever ni le triturer avec une amassette dʼacier ou de fer, il faut employer lʼamassette de corne blonde ou dʼivoire.
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.