idiote

/\i.djɔt\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,954

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

idiote is aFrenchnoun. It means: Femme ou fille idiote. Pronounced \i.djɔt\. Often confused with idole and imite.

Key facts for idiote
PropertyValue
Headwordidiote
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\i.djɔt\
Letters6
Frequency rank#14,954
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for idiote is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \i.djɔt\. Corpus data places it at rank #14,954 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Femme ou fille idiote.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for idiote, with forms such as "diiote", "iddiote", and "idioet". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "idole", "imite", "idiots", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 idiote, spelled I-D-I-O-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Femme ou fille idiote.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: diiote,iddiote,idioet,idiotte,iditoe,idoite,iidote

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for idiote

Misspelling Variants of "idiote"

diiote6iddiote7idioet6idiotte7iditoe6idoite6iidote6
Misspelling Variants of "idiote"

Frequency rank: #14,954 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "idiote"?
"idiote" is spelled I-D-I-O-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \i.djɔt\.
What does "idiote" mean?
As a noun, "idiote" means: Femme ou fille idiote.
What words are commonly confused with "idiote"?
"idiote" is commonly confused with "idole", "imite", "idiots". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "idiote"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "idiote" is \i.djɔt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "idiote" come from?
"idiote" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.