carrelet
\kaʁ.lɛ\
The verdict
“carrelet” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poisson de mer qui est plat et qui a de petites taches, la plie commune.
Corpus desk
Index FR-carrelet · carrelet · French
carrelet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | carrelet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kaʁ.lɛ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
carrelet is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kaʁ.lɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Poisson de mer qui est plat et qui a de petites taches, la plie commune.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for carrelet, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is carrelet, spelled C-A-R-R-E-L-E-T.
Definition
- 1Poisson de mer qui est plat et qui a de petites taches, la plie commune.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how carrelet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pêle-mêle, au hasard du coup de filet, les algues profondes, où dort la vie mystérieuse des grandes eaux, avaient tout livré : les cabillauds, les aigrefins, les carrelets, les plies.
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.