grillette
\ɡʁi.jɛt\
The verdict
“grillette” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sonnette ronde placée au cou des chiens et aux pieds des oiseaux de proie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grillette · grillette · French
grillette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | grillette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁi.jɛt\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « grillette » en français
Rare enough to double-check
grillette is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁi.jɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sonnette ronde placée au cou des chiens et aux pieds des oiseaux de proie.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for grillette, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is grillette, spelled G-R-I-L-L-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Sonnette ronde placée au cou des chiens et aux pieds des oiseaux de proie.
Synonyms
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.