gilet
\ʒi.lɛ\
The verdict
“gilet” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,008. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,008
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de veste courte sans pans et le plus souvent sans manches qui se porte sur la chemise.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gilet · gilet · French
gilet · rank #10,008 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,008
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH fuit
Nearest frequency peer: fuit (-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 « gilet »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- filières
filières
89,996 corpus weight
- finesse
finesse
89,995 corpus weight
- fuit
fuit
89,994 corpus weight
- gilet
gilet
89,993 corpus weight
- grimper
grimper
89,992 corpus weight
- Hassan
Hassan
89,991 corpus weight
What this shows « gilet » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gilet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒi.lɛ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #10,008 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gilet »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around gilet (IPA \ʒi.lɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,008 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for gilet, with forms such as "ggilet", "gielt", and "gilett". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gît", "guet", "give", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is gilet, spelled G-I-L-E-T.
Definition
- 1Sorte de veste courte sans pans et le plus souvent sans manches qui se porte sur la chemise.
- 2Sorte de vêtement de dessous qu’on porte soit sur la chemise, soit directement sur la peau.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gilet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il paraissait presque Parisien avec ses bottes soigneusement cirées, ses gilets jaune soufre, ses redingotes justes, ses riches cravates de soie, ses pantalons à la mode.
Je m’apprête, pour descendre à table. J’endosse un gilet de fantaisie, un vêtement sombre. Je pique une perle à ma cravate.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggilet
- gielt
- gilett
- gilte
- gliet
- iglet
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gilet - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).