gilet de peau
\ʒi.lɛ də po\
The verdict
“gilet de peau” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maillot de corps que l’on porte à même la peau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gilet-de-peau · gilet de peau · French
gilet de peau · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gilet de peau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒi.lɛ də po\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
gilet de peau is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒi.lɛ də po\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Maillot de corps que l’on porte à même la peau.".
Zero misspellings are on record for gilet de peau in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 gilet de peau, spelled G-I-L-E-T- -D-E- -P-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1Maillot de corps que l’on porte à même la peau.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gilet de peau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Enfin le baron, une fois lancé dans ce chemin, ôta son gilet de peau, son corset ; il se débarrassa de toutes ses bricoles.
En retrait derrière son comptoir, le patron, un colosse en petit gilet de peau, à la figure cernée de poils roux, ne tarda pas à l’apprécier.
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.