clayette
\klɛ.jɛt\
The verdict
“clayette” 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) - Petit plateau à claire-voie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-clayette · clayette · French
clayette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | clayette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \klɛ.jɛt\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “clayette” se place dans la fréquence du français
Rare enough to double-check
clayette is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \klɛ.jɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for clayette in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is clayette, spelled C-L-A-Y-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Petit plateau à claire-voie.
- 2Étagère d’un cellier, d’un réfrigérateur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how clayette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les cuivres étincelaient aux murs, le fourneau gigantesque ronronnait déjà, le cellier regorgeait de bocaux et de confitures, ses clayettes débordaient de fruits, ses crochets croulaient sous le poids des charcuteries mises au séchage…
Dans le frigo, il y avait une clayette exprès pour les œufs.
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.
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