œillets
\œ.jɛ\
The verdict
“œillets” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #43,239 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #43,239
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de œillet.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | œillets |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \œ.jɛ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #43,239 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “œillets” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for œillets is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \œ.jɛ\. Corpus data places it at rank #43,239 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de œillet.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for œillets, with forms such as "iœllets", "œilelts", and "œilets". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "îlots", "isles", "iles", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is œillets, spelled Œ-I-L-L-E-T-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de œillet.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: iœllets,œilelts,œilets,œillest,œilletss,œilletts,œilltes,œlilets
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of œillets - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “œillets”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is Œ-I-L-L-E-T-S - 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.
- Don't mix it up with “îlots” - see the side-by-side comparison. œillets vs îlots
- 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.