illettrée
French, noun\i.le.tʁe\
illettrée is spelled I-L-L-E-T-T-R-É-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 76,422nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Illettrée is a French feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of illettré” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of illettré. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Femme qui ne connaît pas ses lettres, qui ne sait ni lire ni écrire”.
What does illettrée mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of illettré
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of illettré
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Femme qui ne connaît pas ses lettres, qui ne sait ni lire ni écrire.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of illettrée
- illettrées plural
- illettré masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce illettrée?
- \i.le.tʁe\
- [i.le.tʁe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to illettrée
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is illettrée in French?
illettrée appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).