orlet
\ɔʁ.lɛ\
The verdict
“orlet” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite moulure plate qui forme le couronnement de la cimaise. Si sa section est carrée ou presque on nomme cette moulure un réglet.
Corpus desk
Index FR-orlet · orlet · French
orlet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" 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 | orlet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔʁ.lɛ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
orlet is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔʁ.lɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Petite moulure plate qui forme le couronnement de la cimaise. Si sa section est carrée ou presque on nomme cette moulure un réglet.".
orlet has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 orlet, spelled O-R-L-E-T.
Definition
- 1Petite moulure plate qui forme le couronnement de la cimaise. Si sa section est carrée ou presque on nomme cette moulure un réglet.
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.