gantelet

/\ɡɑ̃.tlɛ\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#88,662

in French word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

gantelet is aFrenchnoun. It means: Sorte de gant couvert de lames de fer par le dehors de la main, qui faisait autrefois partie de l’armure d’un homme armé de toutes pièces. Pronounced \ɡɑ̃.tlɛ\.

Key facts for gantelet
PropertyValue
Headwordgantelet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡɑ̃.tlɛ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#88,662
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of gantelet in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for gantelet is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡɑ̃.tlɛ\. Corpus data places it at rank #88,662 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for gantelet in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is gantelet, spelled G-A-N-T-E-L-E-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sorte de gant couvert de lames de fer par le dehors de la main, qui faisait autrefois partie de l’armure d’un homme armé de toutes pièces.
  2. 2
    Sorte de bandage qui enveloppe la main et les doigts comme un gant.
  3. 3
    Morceau de cuir dont certains artisans, tels que les bourreliers et les relieurs, se couvrent la paume de la main, quand ils travaillent.
  4. 4
    Meuble représentant un gant d’armure dans les armoiries. Il est généralement représenté en main dextre (droite) jusqu’au poignet, vue de dessus. À rapprocher de gant, main, dextrochère et senestrochère.
  5. 5
    Gant de protection porté par le fauconnier.

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #88,662 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gantelet"?
"gantelet" is spelled G-A-N-T-E-L-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡɑ̃.tlɛ\.
What does "gantelet" mean?
As a noun, "gantelet" means: Sorte de gant couvert de lames de fer par le dehors de la main, qui faisait autrefois partie de l’armure d’un homme armé de toutes pièces.
How do you pronounce "gantelet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gantelet" is \ɡɑ̃.tlɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gantelet" come from?
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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.