oreillettes
\ɔ.ʁɛ.jɛt\
The verdict
“oreillettes” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,611. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,611
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de oreillette.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oreillettes · oreillettes · French
oreillettes · rank #44,611 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #44,611
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH omniprésents
Nearest frequency peer: omniprésents (-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 « oreillettes »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- olfactif
olfactif
55,393 corpus weight
- omni
omni
55,392 corpus weight
- omniprésents
omniprésents
55,391 corpus weight
- oreillettes
oreillettes
55,390 corpus weight
- Ourcq
Ourcq
55,389 corpus weight
- outside
outside
55,388 corpus weight
What this shows « oreillettes » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oreillettes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ.ʁɛ.jɛt\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #44,611 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « oreillettes »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around oreillettes (IPA \ɔ.ʁɛ.jɛt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,611 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de oreillette.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for oreillettes, with forms such as "oerillettes", "oreilelttes", and "oreilettes". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "oreillette", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 oreillettes, spelled O-R-E-I-L-L-E-T-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de oreillette.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how oreillettes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’était en fait des sortes de fauteuils larges et profonds, recouverts de tissu à motifs floraux façon tapisserie, avec des accoudoirs rembourrés et des appuis-tête à oreillettes.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oerillettes
- oreilelttes
- oreilettes
- oreilletes
- oreilletets
- oreillettess
- oreillettse
- oreilltetes
- orelilettes
- oriellettes
- orreillettes
- roeillettes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of oreillettes - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "oreillettes", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).