maillot de corps
The verdict
“maillot de corps” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sous-vêtement qui couvre le torse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-maillot-de-corps · maillot de corps · French
maillot de corps · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maillot de corps |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
maillot de corps is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how maillot de corps appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] : le chapeau melon noir, le maillot de corps sous un paletot d'une tout autre saison, et les yeux en boules de loto sous des sourcils très minces au-dessus d'un nez tout en glissade, qui s'avançait moins comme un organe olfactif, qu'en instrument de tâtonnement précautionneux et de flair presque canin, […].
Le boulanger en maillot de corps fariné se montre au fond de la boutique, et vous salue comme on salue les braves à l’heure du combat.
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.