paletot
\pal.to\
The verdict
“paletot” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vêtement qui se porte par-dessus les autres vêtements.
Corpus desk
Index FR-paletot · paletot · French
paletot · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paletot |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pal.to\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « paletot » en français
Rare enough to double-check
paletot is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pal.to\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vêtement qui se porte par-dessus les autres vêtements.".
paletot has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is paletot, spelled P-A-L-E-T-O-T.
Definition
- 1Vêtement qui se porte par-dessus les autres vêtements.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how paletot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Alors, un homme en paletot, un propriétaire de la Palud, s’avança.
Il était arrivé d’Angleterre en habit de professeur : il a repris le paletot de l’ouvrier ; mais ce n’est ni un ouvrier ni un monsieur comme l’entend le préjugé : c’est un homme, et un homme rare qu’on peut aborder sans attention, qu’on ne quitte pas sans respect.
This word in other languages
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.