œilleton
\œj.tɔ̃\
The verdict
“œilleton” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rejeton d’œillet, marcotte d’œillets.
Corpus desk
Index FR-illeton · œilleton · French
œilleton · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Œ" 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 | œilleton |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \œj.tɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
œilleton is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \œj.tɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for œilleton, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is œilleton, spelled Œ-I-L-L-E-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1Rejeton d’œillet, marcotte d’œillets.
- 2Bourgeons que poussent les racines de certaines plantes, telles que les artichauts, et qu’on détache afin de multiplier ces plantes.
- 3Pièce de cuivre ou de caoutchouc, de forme ronde, adaptée à l’oculaire d’un télescope, d’un appareil-photo ou d’une caméra.
- 4Synonyme de judas, petite ouverture pratiquée dans une porte permettant de voir qui est dans l’entrée.
- 5Petite lampe (feu) auxiliaire d’un signal lumineux, qui lorsqu’elle est allumée, permet le franchissement de celui-ci quand il est fermé (feu rouge).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how œilleton appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ôter les œilletons d’un pied d’œillet.
Lever des œilletons d’artichaut.
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.