molette
\mɔ.lɛt\
The verdict
“molette” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #36,051 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #36,051
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partie de l’éperon qui est ordinairement faite en forme d’étoile et qui sert à piquer le cheval.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | molette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɔ.lɛt\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #36,051 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “molette” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for molette is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɔ.lɛt\. Corpus data places it at rank #36,051 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for molette, with forms such as "mloette", "mmolette", and "moeltte". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "Motte", "muette", "Moretti", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is molette, spelled M-O-L-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Partie de l’éperon qui est ordinairement faite en forme d’étoile et qui sert à piquer le cheval.
- 2Petite roue crantée permettant de régler un mécanisme et pouvant se manœuvrer avec le pouce.
- 3Sorte de roulette, de meule, de disque, etc., qui sert à broyer.
- 4Morceau de grès ou morceaux de faïence réunis ou plomb en forme de cône, servant à frotter la superficie du marbre pour le polir.
- 5Sorte de roulette au sommet de la souris servant notamment à faire défiler l'affichage sur un écran d'ordinateur.
- 6Maladie des chevaux, qui consiste en une tumeur molle à la jambe.
- 7Nom de deux cépages de raisin blanc.
- 8Cépage donnant un raisin de petite taille de couleur jaune d'or. Ce cépage est parfois nommé molette de Seysels ou molette blanche.
- 9Selon les régions ce nom est utilisé en tant que synonyme de mondeuse noire ou de mondeuse blanche, ces trois cépages étant des espèces différentes.
- 10Grandes poulies situées au sommet d'un chevalement de mine ou d'un haut fourneau alimenté par skip.
- 11Type de bouton en forme de roue qui permet de passer d'un média audio ou vidéo à un autre.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: mloette,mmolette,moeltte,molete,moletet,mollette,moltete,omlette
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of molette - 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.
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.
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Using “molette”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-O-L-E-T-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mɔ.lɛt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Motte” - see the side-by-side comparison. molette vs Motte
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
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.