molletière
\mɔl.tjɛʁ\
The verdict
“molletière” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Guêtre de cuir ou d’étoffe qui recouvre la jambe depuis le bas jusqu’en dessous du genou.
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Index FR-molletiere · molletière · French
molletière · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | molletière |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɔl.tjɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « molletière » en français
Rare enough to double-check
molletière is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɔl.tjɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Guêtre de cuir ou d’étoffe qui recouvre la jambe depuis le bas jusqu’en dessous du genou.".
molletière doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is molletière, spelled M-O-L-L-E-T-I-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Guêtre de cuir ou d’étoffe qui recouvre la jambe depuis le bas jusqu’en dessous du genou.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how molletière appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vingt-six à vingt-sept ans, de taille moyenne, […], il a moustache rousse retombant à la gauloise. Il portait des molletières et une blouse de chasse, serrée à la ceinture.
Il avait conservé ses souliers de tranchée, sa culotte et ses molletières kaki, et troqué sa vareuse contre un veston civil.
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.