œillet
\œ.jɛ\
The verdict
“œillet” is an uncommon French word, ranked #57,043 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #57,043
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Petit trou en forme d’œil, pratiqué dans une étoffe, dans du cuir ou dans un autre matériau, entouré de soie, de fil ou d’un petit cercle de métal, et qui sert à accrocher ou à passer un lacet, un ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | œillet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \œ.jɛ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #57,043 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “œillet” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for œillet is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \œ.jɛ\. Corpus data places it at rank #57,043 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for œillet in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is œillet, spelled Œ-I-L-L-E-T.
Definition
- 1Petit trou en forme d’œil, pratiqué dans une étoffe, dans du cuir ou dans un autre matériau, entouré de soie, de fil ou d’un petit cercle de métal, et qui sert à accrocher ou à passer un lacet, un cordon, etc.
- 2Nom de la bordure en métal de ce trou.
- 3Bague située à l'extrémité d’une manœuvre pour y faire passer un cordage.
- 4Extrémité de la hampe d'un hameçon, formant un anneau.
- 5Papier autocollant utilisé comme renfort des perforations des feuilles de classeur.
- 6Bassin d'un marais salant de forme rectangulaire situé dans la partie centrale de la saline et où se dépose le sel.
- 7Nom de différentes espèces de plantes dicotylédones appartenant généralement à divers genres de la famille des caryophyllacées à végétation annuelle ou vivace et cultivées pour leurs fleurs rouges, roses, blanches, jaunes, oranges et parfois odorantes.
- 8La plante elle-même.
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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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Using “œillet”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is Œ-I-L-L-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \œ.jɛ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.