maillot de corps
The verdict
“maillot de corps” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sous-vêtement qui couvre le torse.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maillot de corps |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “maillot de corps” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for maillot de corps is 16 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Sous-vêtement qui couvre le torse.".
No misspelling variants are generated for maillot de corps in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is maillot de corps, spelled M-A-I-L-L-O-T- -D-E- -C-O-R-P-S.
Definition
- 1Sous-vêtement qui couvre le torse.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “maillot de corps”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-A-I-L-L-O-T- -D-E- -C-O-R-P-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.