maillot

\ma.jo\

/\ma.jo\/ noun

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The verdict

“maillot” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,775. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,775
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lange dont on enveloppe un enfant au berceau.

Corpus desk

Index FR-maillot · maillot · French

maillot · rank #3,775 · 8 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,775
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Mario

Nearest frequency peer: Mario (+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 « maillot »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « maillot » 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).

maillot vs millet
71% similar
maillot vs mallet
71% similar
maillot vs Mailly
57% similar

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

Key facts for maillot
PropertyValue
Headwordmaillot
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.jo\
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,775
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « maillot »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Mario » (#3,776), « livraison » (#3,773), « mark » (#3,777). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « maillot » est au #3,775. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around maillot (IPA \ma.jo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,775 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for maillot, with forms such as "amillot", "maillott", and "maillto". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "millet", "mallet", "Mailly", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is maillot, spelled M-A-I-L-L-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lange dont on enveloppe un enfant au berceau.
  2. 2
    Vêtement souple qui couvre et moule le corps en totalité ou jusqu'à la taille et qui se porte à même la peau.
  3. 3
    Vêtement de bain.
  4. 4
    Vêtement ne couvrant que le haut du corps.
  5. 5
    Maillot de corps : sous-vêtement couvrant le haut du corps, tricot de peau.
  6. 6
    Poils du pubis visibles sur les cuisses.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elle le serrait en le berçant entre ses bras, le calmant comme on calme les enfants au maillot.
  2. Un maillot de danseuse.

Synonyms

t-shirttricot

This word in other languages

bathing suit(English)pañal(Español)Trikot(Deutsch)faixa(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amillot
  • maillott
  • maillto
  • mailolt
  • mailot
  • malilot
  • miallot
  • mmaillot

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of maillot - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

amillot2maillott1maillto2mailolt2mailot1malilot2miallot2mmaillot1
Edit distance from "maillot"

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 "maillot"?
"maillot" is spelled M-A-I-L-L-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.jo\.
What does "maillot" mean?
As a noun, "maillot" means: Lange dont on enveloppe un enfant au berceau.
What words are commonly confused with "maillot"?
"maillot" is commonly confused with "millet", "mallet", "Mailly". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "maillot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "maillot" is \ma.jo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "maillot" come from?
"maillot" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

limitée#3,772marquer#3,778privées#3,788frapper#3,757

Similar misspelling depth

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

gloire8 variantspseudo8 variantsenjeux8 variantssauter8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list