oreillette

\ɔ.ʁɛ.jɛt\

/\ɔ.ʁɛ.jɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“oreillette” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,301. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,301
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chacune des deux cavités du cœur qui sont placées au-dessus des deux ventricules.

Corpus desk

Index FR-oreillette · oreillette · French

oreillette · rank #23,301 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #23,301
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH organisatrice

Nearest frequency peer: organisatrice (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « oreillette »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « oreillette » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

oreillette vs oreillettes
91% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « oreillette »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).oreillettese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « organisatrice » (#23,302), « orgie » (#23,303), « nota » (#23,297). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « oreillette » est au #23,301. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around oreillette (IPA \ɔ.ʁɛ.jɛt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,301 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for oreillette, with forms such as "oerillette", "oreileltte", and "oreilette". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "oreillettes", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is oreillette, spelled O-R-E-I-L-L-E-T-T-E.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how oreillette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. L’oreillette droite., l’oreillette gauche.
  2. Aucune des personnes qui lui parlent dans ses oreillettes ne lui a soufflé de « question qui tue » ?

Synonyms

atrium

This word in other languages

auricle(English)Vorhof(Deutsch)átrio(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oerillette
  • oreileltte
  • oreilette
  • oreillete
  • oreilletet
  • oreilltete
  • orelilette
  • oriellette
  • orreillette
  • roeillette

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of oreillette - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

oerillette2oreileltte2oreilette1oreillete1oreilletet2oreilltete2orelilette2oriellette2
Edit distance from "oreillette"

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.

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?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "oreillette", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list