pellet

\pɛ.lɛ\

/\pɛ.lɛ\/ noun

The verdict

“pellet” is uncommon French (frequency #67,768 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,768
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Comprimé à résorption lente placé sous la peau.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pellet · pellet · French

pellet · rank #67,768 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,768
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH payerai

Nearest frequency peer: payerai (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « pellet »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pellet » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pellet
PropertyValue
Headwordpellet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɛ.lɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#67,768
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pellet » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).pellettombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « payerai » (#67,767), « permafrost » (#67,769), « patronymique » (#67,766). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pellet » est au #67,768. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pellet is uncommon French at frequency #67,768 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛ.lɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pellet, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is pellet, spelled P-E-L-L-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Comprimé à résorption lente placé sous la peau.
  2. 2
    Petite boulette de minerai de fer.
  3. 3
    Combustible sous forme de granulés, de bois ou d’autres matériaux.
  4. 4
    Granulé de produits végétaux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ces auteurs ont observé, chez des addisoniens traités par des injections quotidiennes de Doca en solution huileuse ou par implantations sous-cutanées de pellets, des manifestations articulaires.
  2. Avec du minerai de fer très finement broyé et mouillé, on confectionne des boulettes, qui sont ensuite cuites au four à la température d’agglomération du métal. Ces boulettes sont appelées pellets, et l’opération la pellétisation.

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 "pellet"?
"pellet" is spelled P-E-L-L-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛ.lɛ\.
What does "pellet" mean?
As a noun, "pellet" means: Comprimé à résorption lente placé sous la peau.
How do you pronounce "pellet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pellet" is \pɛ.lɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pellet" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list