molettes
\mɔ.lɛt\
The verdict
“molettes” is uncommon French (frequency #80,434 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,434
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de molette.
Corpus desk
Index FR-molettes · molettes · French
molettes · rank #80,434 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,434
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH moles
Nearest frequency peer: moles (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « molettes »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- mof
mof
19,570 corpus weight
- moles
moles
19,568 corpus weight
- molettes
molettes
19,567 corpus weight
- molin
molin
19,566 corpus weight
- momento
momento
19,565 corpus weight
- Monia
Monia
19,564 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « molettes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | molettes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɔ.lɛt\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #80,434 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « molettes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
molettes is uncommon French at frequency #80,434 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɔ.lɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de molette.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for molettes, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is molettes, spelled M-O-L-E-T-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de molette.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how molettes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le cheval de Michel Strogoff, taonné par ces venimeux diptères, bondissait comme si les molettes de mille éperons lui fussent entrées dans le flanc.
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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