pelleter

\pɛl.te\

/\pɛl.te\/ verb

The verdict

“pelleter” is uncommon French (frequency #75,993 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,993
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Remuer à l’aide d’une pelle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pelleter · pelleter · French

pelleter · rank #75,993 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,993
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH peco

Nearest frequency peer: peco (-2 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 « pelleter »

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 « pelleter » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pelleter
PropertyValue
Headwordpelleter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pɛl.te\
Letters8
Frequency rank#75,993
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pelleter » en français

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « peco » (#75,991), « pends » (#75,995), « pecho » (#75,990). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pelleter » est au #75,993. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pelleter is uncommon French at frequency #75,993 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \pɛl.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

pelleter doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pelleter, spelled P-E-L-L-E-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Remuer à l’aide d’une pelle.
  2. 2
    Déplacer la neige à l’aide d’une pelle.
  3. 3
    Déplacer un problème, un enjeu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les graines, après être restées en tas quelques heures pendant lesquelles on les a pelletées constamment, sont placées dans un alambic […].
  2. Un de mes cousins, qui avait alors vingt ans, alla pelleter des décombres un matin : le soir il était mort, écrasé, le sang lui sortant par les oreilles et par la bouche.

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); 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 "pelleter"?
"pelleter" is spelled P-E-L-L-E-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛl.te\.
What does "pelleter" mean?
As a verb, "pelleter" means: Remuer à l’aide d’une pelle.
How do you pronounce "pelleter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pelleter" is \pɛl.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pelleter" come from?
"pelleter" 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 "pelleter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list