côtelette
\ko.tlɛt\
The verdict
“côtelette” is uncommon French (frequency #93,657 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,657
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Côte détachée d’un animal et à laquelle on a laissé tenir une certaine quantité de viande.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cotelette · côtelette · French
côtelette · rank #93,657 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,657
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH Célèbes
Nearest frequency peer: Célèbes (-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 « côtelette »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- CVT
CVT
6,347 corpus weight
- Célèbes
Célèbes
6,345 corpus weight
- côtelette
côtelette
6,344 corpus weight
- Daghestan
Daghestan
6,343 corpus weight
- dales
dales
6,342 corpus weight
- dantesques
dantesques
6,341 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « côtelette » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | côtelette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ko.tlɛt\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #93,657 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « côtelette » en français
Rare enough to double-check
côtelette is uncommon French at frequency #93,657 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ko.tlɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
côtelette has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is côtelette, spelled C-Ô-T-E-L-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Côte détachée d’un animal et à laquelle on a laissé tenir une certaine quantité de viande.
- 2Sortes de favoris que les hommes se laissent pousser et qui s’élargissent au bas des joues.
- 3Côte de la cage thoracique de l’homme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how côtelette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J'y ai dîné, et même assez mesquinement, car nous étions quatre inattendus, et la côtelette de veau jouait un principal rôle dans ce festin, comme sur nos tables d'hôte depuis quelques jours.
Vous avez tort de ne pas goûter à mes côtelettes, dit celui-ci. J’ai un excellent cuisinier.
Synonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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