oreillette

/\ɔ.ʁɛ.jɛt\/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,301

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

oreillette is aFrenchnoun. It means: Chacune des deux cavités du cœur qui sont placées au-dessus des deux ventricules. Pronounced \ɔ.ʁɛ.jɛt\. Often confused with oreillettes.

Key facts for oreillette
PropertyValue
Headwordoreillette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔ.ʁɛ.jɛt\
Letters10
Frequency rank#23,301
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of oreillette in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for oreillette is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɔ.ʁɛ.jɛt\. Corpus data places it at rank #23,301 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for oreillette, with forms such as "oerillette", "oreileltte", and "oreilette". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "oreillettes", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is oreillette, spelled O-R-E-I-L-L-E-T-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chacune des deux cavités du cœur qui sont placées au-dessus des deux ventricules.
  2. 2
    Écouteur discret, placé dans le pavillon de l’oreille.
  3. 3
    Genre de beignet composé d’une pâte frite très fine et croustillante, saupoudrée de sucre.
  4. 4
    Asarum europaeum ^([1]), l’asaret d’Europe (plante herbacée).
  5. 5
    Appendice situé à la base du limbe d’une feuille ou d’une bractée embrassante, ou encore à la base du pétiole, de part et d’autre de la ligne d’insertion.
  6. 6
    Anse d’un récipient.
  7. 7
    Élément d’une coiffure qui couvre les oreilles.
  8. 8
    Partie de casque (camail, etc.) qui couvrait l'oreille.
  9. 9
    Élément latéral du dossier d'un fauteuil, destiné à reposer la tête.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oerillette,oreileltte,oreilette,oreillete,oreilletet,oreilltete,orelilette,oriellette,orreillette,roeillette

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for oreillette

Misspelling Variants of "oreillette"

oerillette10oreileltte10oreilette9oreillete9oreilletet10oreilltete10orelilette10oriellette10
Misspelling Variants of "oreillette"

Frequency rank: #23,301 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "oreillette"?
"oreillette" is spelled O-R-E-I-L-L-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.ʁɛ.jɛt\.
What does "oreillette" mean?
As a noun, "oreillette" means: Chacune des deux cavités du cœur qui sont placées au-dessus des deux ventricules.
What words are commonly confused with "oreillette"?
"oreillette" is commonly confused with "oreillettes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "oreillette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "oreillette" is \ɔ.ʁɛ.jɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "oreillette" come from?
"oreillette" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.