mordette
\mɔʁ.dɛt\
The verdict
“mordette” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Larve du hanneton.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mordette · mordette · French
mordette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | mordette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɔʁ.dɛt\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mordette » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mordette is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɔʁ.dɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Larve du hanneton.".
mordette doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is mordette, spelled M-O-R-D-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Larve du hanneton.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mordette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les mordettes , les courlerolles, les mans, les varrens, ou autrement les vers blancs ou larves des hannetons, en mangent la chair avec avidité.
Synonyms
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.