œillets

\œ.jɛ\

/\œ.jɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“œillets” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,239. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,239
frequency rank, French
21
“Œ” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de œillet.

Corpus desk

Index FR-illets · œillets · French

œillets · rank #43,239 · 8 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,239
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 21
  • PHOTO-FINISH évaporer

Nearest frequency peer: évaporer (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « œillets »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « œillets » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

œillets vs îlots
43% similar
œillets vs isles
57% similar
œillets vs iles
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for œillets
PropertyValue
Headwordœillets
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\œ.jɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#43,239
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « œillets »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.œilletsse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « évaporer » (#43,238), « équinoxe » (#43,237), « aboutisse » (#43,241). Parmi 21 lemmes en « Œ », « œillets » est au #43,239. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around œillets (IPA \œ.jɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,239 among 21 “Œ” headwords. Dominant gloss: "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

  1. 1
    Pluriel de œillet.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how œillets appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. De même que les horticulteurs s’adonnent aux roses, aux dahlias, aux œillets, aux pélargoniums, et ne font aucune attention à l’espèce qu’ils n'ont pas élue pour leur fantaisie, ce jeune La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt appartenait aux ouvriers, aux prolétaires, aux misères des faubourgs Saint-Jacques et Saint-Marceau.

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.

iœllets2œilelts2œilets1œillest2œilletss1œilletts1œilltes2œlilets2
Edit distance from "œillets"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "œillets"?
"œillets" is spelled Œ-I-L-L-E-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \œ.jɛ\.
What does "œillets" mean?
As a noun, "œillets" means: Pluriel de œillet.
What words are commonly confused with "œillets"?
"œillets" is commonly confused with "îlots", "isles", "iles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "œillets"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "œillets" is \œ.jɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "œillets" come from?
"œillets" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "œillets", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

élargis#43,231élancée#43,230affairs#43,249affluer#43,250

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

albret8 variantsVitali8 variantsvisais8 variantsveniez8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list