palet

Name: palet, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\pa.lɛ\

/\pa.lɛ\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“palet” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,438. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,438
frequency rank, French: 6,826
“P” headwords: 5
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pierre plate et ronde.

Corpus desk

Index FR-palet · palet · French

palet · rank #39,438 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #39,438
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 5 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,826
PHOTO-FINISH palazzo

Nearest frequency peer: palazzo (-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.

pagne

60,566
palatine

60,565
palazzo

60,564
palet

60,563
palissade

60,562
panthères

60,561

What this shows « palet » 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).

palet vs pat

60% similar

palet vs pet

60% similar

palet vs part

60% similar

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

Key facts for palet
Property	Value
Headword	palet
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\pa.lɛ\
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#39,438
Misspellings tracked	5
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « palet »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.paletse place ici:

#39,438

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « palazzo » (#39,437), « palissade » (#39,439), « palatine » (#39,436). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « palet » est au #39,438. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around palet (IPA \pa.lɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,438 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for palet, with forms such as "aplet", "paelt", and "palett". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pat", "pet", "part", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is palet, spelled P-A-L-E-T.

Definition

1
Pierre plate et ronde.
2
Morceau de métal de la même forme, avec lequel on joue en le jetant le plus près qu’on peut du but qui a été marqué.
3
Disque dur et épais en caoutchouc qui sert au jeu de hockey sur glace.
4
Marelle.
5
Palet de Barligny, petit fromage (100 g), au lait de vache, en forme de palet.
6
Diverse préparations ayant la forme d’un palet.
7
Pieu en bois que les pêcheurs enfoncent sur le rivage pour y fixer leurs filets.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Jouer au palet, au petit palet.
Son palet touche le but.

Synonyms

rondelle puck

This word in other languages

puck(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

aplet
paelt
palett
pallet
ppalet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of palet - 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.

Edit distance from "palet"

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 "palet"?

"palet" is spelled P-A-L-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.lɛ\.

What does "palet" mean?

As a noun, "palet" means: Pierre plate et ronde.

What words are commonly confused with "palet"?

"palet" is commonly confused with "pat", "pet", "part". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "palet"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "palet" is \pa.lɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "palet" come from?

"palet" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pagne#39,435 Pille#39,457 navas#39,416 preux#39,466

Similar misspelling depth

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

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