blet
\blɛ\
The verdict
“blet” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dont la chair s’est ramollie et tachée, sans être encore gâtée, en parlant des fruits.
Corpus desk
Index FR-blet · blet · French
blet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | blet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \blɛ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « blet » en français
Rare enough to double-check
blet is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \blɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dont la chair s’est ramollie et tachée, sans être encore gâtée, en parlant des fruits.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for blet, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is blet, spelled B-L-E-T.
Definition
- 1Dont la chair s’est ramollie et tachée, sans être encore gâtée, en parlant des fruits.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how blet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il semble même , par l'exemple des fruits des diospyros, du sorbier et du néflier, qu'on ne peut manger que blets, que plus l’acerbité a été grande, plus le fruit est susceptible de blessir régulièrement.
On mange à l’état blet les fruits de quelques espèces de […]
This word in other languages
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.