flottille

\flɔ.tij\

/\flɔ.tij\/ noun

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The verdict

“flottille” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,266. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,266
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Flotte de plusieurs petits bâtiments.

Corpus desk

Index FR-flottille · flottille · French

flottille · rank #33,266 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,266
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH flottent

Nearest frequency peer: flottent (-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 « flottille »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « flottille » 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
Key facts for flottille
PropertyValue
Headwordflottille
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\flɔ.tij\
Letters9
Frequency rank#33,266
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « flottille »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « flottent » (#33,265), « formulations » (#33,267), « fleurit » (#33,264). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « flottille » est au #33,266. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around flottille (IPA \flɔ.tij\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,266 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Flotte de plusieurs petits bâtiments.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for flottille, with forms such as "fflottille", "fllottille", and "flotille". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is flottille, spelled F-L-O-T-T-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Flotte de plusieurs petits bâtiments.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Vers ce même temps, le capitaine Robson étant à soixante milles du navire sur le cutter, attaqua une flottille de pirogues de Vilear et en prit quatorze.
  2. Toute la flottille de pêche se trouve, sans doute, en ce moment dans le golfe Kotzebue, à l’entrée du détroit.

This word in other languages

flotilla(English)flotilla(Español)Flottille(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • fflottille
  • fllottille
  • flotille
  • flotitlle
  • flottile
  • flottilel
  • flottlile
  • fltotille
  • folttille
  • lfottille

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of flottille - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

fflottille1fllottille1flotille1flotitlle2flottile1flottilel2flottlile2fltotille2
Edit distance from "flottille"

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 "flottille"?
"flottille" is spelled F-L-O-T-T-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \flɔ.tij\.
What does "flottille" mean?
As a noun, "flottille" means: Flotte de plusieurs petits bâtiments.
What are common misspellings of "flottille"?
Common misspellings include "fflottille", "fllottille", "flotille", "flotitlle", "flottile". The correct spelling is "flottille".
How do you pronounce "flottille"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flottille" is \flɔ.tij\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "flottille" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

harceleur#33,284enquêtent#33,244dépassera#33,236dégradent#33,234

Similar misspelling depth

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

fleurit10 variantsfermera10 variantsFrantz10 variantsfatales10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list