amourette

\a.mu.ʁɛt\

/\a.mu.ʁɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“amourette” is uncommon French (frequency #72,907 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,907
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Amour de pur amusement, sans véritable passion.

Corpus desk

Index FR-amourette · amourette · French

amourette · rank #72,907 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,907
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH ammonites

Nearest frequency peer: ammonites (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « amourette »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « amourette » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for amourette
PropertyValue
Headwordamourette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.mu.ʁɛt\
Letters9
Frequency rank#72,907
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « amourette » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).amourettetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « ammonites » (#72,906), « anar » (#72,908), « amino » (#72,905). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « amourette » est au #72,907. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

amourette is uncommon French at frequency #72,907 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.mu.ʁɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 13 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for amourette in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is amourette, spelled A-M-O-U-R-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Amour de pur amusement, sans véritable passion.
  2. 2
    Personne qui est objet d’un tel amour.
  3. 3
    Moelle qui se trouve dans la colonne vertébrale du veau ou du mouton, quand elle est cuite et qu’elle peut être détachée des os.
  4. 4
    À l’origine testicules de coq, puis d’autres animaux de boucherie. Pour les béliers, on parle plus d’animelles.
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Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how amourette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. S'agit-il d'un complot ou d'un crime, eh! mon Dieu ! les chefs vont être à vos ordres; mais comprenez donc, monsieur le baron, qu'ils ont d'autres chats à fouetter que de s'occuper des cinquante mille amourettes de Paris.
  2. Ainsi donc, vous prenez, ma chère madame Mignon, les fantaisies de Modeste, les effets de ses lectures pour des amourettes.

Synonyms

bois serpentlettre mouchetée

This word in other languages

flirtation(English)amorío(Español)Techtelmechtel(Deutsch)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "amourette"?
"amourette" is spelled A-M-O-U-R-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.mu.ʁɛt\.
What does "amourette" mean?
As a noun, "amourette" means: Amour de pur amusement, sans véritable passion.
How do you pronounce "amourette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amourette" is \a.mu.ʁɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amourette" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "amourette", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ammonites#72,906altimètre#72,903Antonioni#72,916adressais#72,887

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list