blanquette

\blɑ̃.kɛt\

/\blɑ̃.kɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“blanquette” is uncommon French (frequency #58,457 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,457
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite poire d’été qui a la peau blanche.

Corpus desk

Index FR-blanquette · blanquette · French

blanquette · rank #58,457 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,457
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH blanchâtres

Nearest frequency peer: blanchâtres (-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 « blanquette »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for blanquette
PropertyValue
Headwordblanquette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\blɑ̃.kɛt\
Letters10
Frequency rank#58,457
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « blanquette » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.blanquettetombe 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: « blanchâtres » (#58,456), « blockhaus » (#58,458), « birdy » (#58,455). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « blanquette » est au #58,457. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

blanquette is uncommon French at frequency #58,457 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \blɑ̃.kɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for blanquette, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is blanquette, spelled B-L-A-N-Q-U-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petite poire d’été qui a la peau blanche.
  2. 2
    Raisin qu’on nomme aussi « chasselas doré ».
  3. 3
    Nom donné à plusieurs cépages en fonction des régions. Il ne s'agit donc pas d'un nom officiel. Dans la région de Limoux nom donné au mauzac ; en Dordogne et en Gironde synonyme d'ondenc. C'est aussi un synonyme de graisse.
  4. 4
    Vin blanc effervescent du Languedoc confectionné à partir du raisin blanc du cépage mauzac.
  5. 5
    Ragoût fait de viandes blanches, telles que le veau, l’agneau.
  6. 6
    Produits de la première distillation de l’eau-de-vie.
  7. 7
    Mâche (Valerianella locusta).
  8. 8
    Sprat (blanchaille).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On a encore la grosse blanquette ronde, la blanquette à longue queue et la petite blanquette ou poire à la perle qui, comme la première n'ont d'autre mérite qu'une maturité précoce.
  2. Puis, les variétés des poires, la blanquette, l’angleterre, les beurrés, les messire-jean, les duchesses

This word in other languages

blanquette(English)

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 "blanquette"?
"blanquette" is spelled B-L-A-N-Q-U-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \blɑ̃.kɛt\.
What does "blanquette" mean?
As a noun, "blanquette" means: Petite poire d’été qui a la peau blanche.
How do you pronounce "blanquette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "blanquette" is \blɑ̃.kɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "blanquette" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bourrasque#58,461baleiniers#58,440cantonnées#58,480attentives#58,425

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list