filet à cheveux

\fi.lɛ a ʃə.vø\

/\fi.lɛ a ʃə.vø\/ noun

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The verdict

“filet à cheveux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Filet servant à retenir les cheveux.

Key facts for filet à cheveux
PropertyValue
Headwordfilet à cheveux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fi.lɛ a ʃə.vø\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “filet à cheveux” sits in French frequency

filet à cheveux falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

filet à cheveux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fi.lɛ a ʃə.vø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Filet servant à retenir les cheveux.".

Zero misspellings are on record for filet à cheveux in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is filet à cheveux, spelled F-I-L-E-T- -À- -C-H-E-V-E-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Filet servant à retenir les cheveux.

This word in other languages

hairnet(English)Haarnetz(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "filet à cheveux"?
"filet à cheveux" is spelled F-I-L-E-T- -À- -C-H-E-V-E-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \fi.lɛ a ʃə.vø\.
What does "filet à cheveux" mean?
As a noun, "filet à cheveux" means: Filet servant à retenir les cheveux.
How do you pronounce "filet à cheveux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "filet à cheveux" is \fi.lɛ a ʃə.vø\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "filet à cheveux" come from?
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Using “filet à cheveux”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is F-I-L-E-T- -À- -C-H-E-V-E-U-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \fi.lɛ a ʃə.vø\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list