blanket

\ˈblæŋ.kɪt\

/\ˈblæŋ.kɪt\/ noun

The verdict

“blanket” is uncommon French (frequency #99,923 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,923
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Couverture, linge utilisé pour se tenir chaud ou pour dormir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-blanket · blanket · French

blanket · rank #99,923 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,923
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH blablater

Nearest frequency peer: blablater (-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 « blanket »

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 « blanket » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for blanket
PropertyValue
Headwordblanket
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈblæŋ.kɪt\
Letters7
Frequency rank#99,923
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « blanket » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.blankettombe 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: « blablater » (#99,922), « Blase » (#99,924), « bitmap » (#99,921). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « blanket » est au #99,923. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

blanket is uncommon French at frequency #99,923 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈblæŋ.kɪt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

blanket doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is blanket, spelled B-L-A-N-K-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Couverture, linge utilisé pour se tenir chaud ou pour dormir.
  2. 2
    Une couche quelconque
  3. 3
    Un caoutchouc épais utilisé dans l’impression par offset pour transférer l’encre sur le papier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. The baby was cold, so his mother put a blanket over him.
  2. The city woke under a thick blanket of fog.

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 "blanket"?
"blanket" is spelled B-L-A-N-K-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈblæŋ.kɪt\.
What does "blanket" mean?
As a noun, "blanket" means: Couverture, linge utilisé pour se tenir chaud ou pour dormir.
How do you pronounce "blanket"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "blanket" is \ˈblæŋ.kɪt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "blanket" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list