fillettes

\fi.jɛt\

/\fi.jɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“fillettes” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,211. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,211
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de fillette.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fillettes · fillettes · French

fillettes · rank #23,211 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #23,211
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH faith

Nearest frequency peer: faith (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « fillettes »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « fillettes » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

fillettes vs fillette
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for fillettes
PropertyValue
Headwordfillettes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fi.jɛt\
Letters9
Frequency rank#23,211
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fillettes »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).fillettesse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « faith » (#23,210), « fiston » (#23,212), « exécutées » (#23,209). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fillettes » est au #23,211. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around fillettes (IPA \fi.jɛt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,211 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de fillette.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for fillettes, with forms such as "ffillettes", "filelttes", and "filettes". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "fillette", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is fillettes, spelled F-I-L-L-E-T-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de fillette.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les fillettes de rosé étaient placées au frais dans un creux d’eau à l’endroit où un mince ruisseau venait se perdre.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffillettes
  • filelttes
  • filettes
  • filletes
  • filletets
  • fillettess
  • fillettse
  • filltetes
  • flilettes
  • ifllettes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fillettes - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ffillettes1filelttes2filettes1filletes1filletets2fillettess1fillettse2filltetes2
Edit distance from "fillettes"

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 "fillettes"?
"fillettes" is spelled F-I-L-L-E-T-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \fi.jɛt\.
What does "fillettes" mean?
As a noun, "fillettes" means: Pluriel de fillette.
What words are commonly confused with "fillettes"?
"fillettes" is commonly confused with "fillette". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fillettes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fillettes" is \fi.jɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fillettes" come from?
"fillettes" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

exécutées#23,209frondeurs#23,219détournée#23,192harmattan#23,230

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

foudres10 variantsfrérot10 variantsfâcher10 variantsestuaire10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list