motets
\mɔ.tɛ\
The verdict
“motets” is uncommon French (frequency #66,925 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,925
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de motet.
Corpus desk
Index FR-motets · motets · French
motets · rank #66,925 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,925
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH mouillez
Nearest frequency peer: mouillez (+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 « motets »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- monticules
monticules
33,080 corpus weight
- moralisme
moralisme
33,078 corpus weight
- motets
motets
33,076 corpus weight
- mouillez
mouillez
33,075 corpus weight
- mox
mox
33,074 corpus weight
- moyenâgeux
moyenâgeux
33,073 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « motets » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | motets |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɔ.tɛ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #66,925 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « motets » en français
Rare enough to double-check
motets is uncommon French at frequency #66,925 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɔ.tɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de motet.".
motets has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 motets, spelled M-O-T-E-T-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de motet.
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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