cordelette

\kɔʁ.də.lɛt\

/\kɔʁ.də.lɛt\/ noun

The verdict

“cordelette” is uncommon French (frequency #70,503 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,503
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Toute petite corde.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cordelette · cordelette · French

cordelette · rank #70,503 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,503
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH convertibilité

Nearest frequency peer: convertibilité (-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 « cordelette »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cordelette
PropertyValue
Headwordcordelette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔʁ.də.lɛt\
Letters10
Frequency rank#70,503
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cordelette » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cordelettetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « convertibilité » (#70,502), « contrepoints » (#70,501), « corneau » (#70,505). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cordelette » est au #70,503. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cordelette is uncommon French at frequency #70,503 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔʁ.də.lɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Toute petite corde.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cordelette, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cordelette, spelled C-O-R-D-E-L-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Toute petite corde.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les cordelettes m'entraient dans la chair, les mains me faisaient mal et la position dans laquelle mes bras étaient maintenus me brisait les épaules.
  2. Sur le mur, grâce au calendrier des P.T.T. dont le carton blanc bordé d’un liséré rouge se balançait au bout de sa cordelette, c’était l’automne.

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 "cordelette"?
"cordelette" is spelled C-O-R-D-E-L-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔʁ.də.lɛt\.
What does "cordelette" mean?
As a noun, "cordelette" means: Toute petite corde.
How do you pronounce "cordelette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cordelette" is \kɔʁ.də.lɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cordelette" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list