paillotte

\pa.jɔt\

/\pa.jɔt\/ noun

The verdict

“paillotte” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de paillote, la hutte.

Corpus desk

Index FR-paillotte · paillotte · French

paillotte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" 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.

Key facts for paillotte
PropertyValue
Headwordpaillotte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.jɔt\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « paillotte » en français

paillottereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

paillotte is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pa.jɔt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de paillote, la hutte.".

paillotte doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is paillotte, spelled P-A-I-L-L-O-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante de paillote, la hutte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pour éviter que les termites ne détruisent ma paillotte, j’avais fait poser ses quatre pied dans ds boîtes de conserve emplies d’huile de vidange.
  2. Ce terme signifiait tout simplement que le règne des paillottes prévalait celui des bâtiments en dur, que le moindre indigène voulait s’affubler d'un veston à l’indienne, d'un chèche de policier, et que la plus grande pagaille régnait en moins de six mois.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "paillotte"?
"paillotte" is spelled P-A-I-L-L-O-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.jɔt\.
What does "paillotte" mean?
As a noun, "paillotte" means: Variante de paillote, la hutte.
How do you pronounce "paillotte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "paillotte" is \pa.jɔt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "paillotte" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list