pilâtes
\pi.lat\
The verdict
“pilâtes” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Deuxième personne du pluriel du passé simple du verbe piler.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pilates · pilâtes · French
pilâtes · 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 | pilâtes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pi.lat\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pilâtes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pilâtes is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pi.lat\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Deuxième personne du pluriel du passé simple du verbe piler.".
Zero misspellings are on record for pilâtes in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is pilâtes, spelled P-I-L-Â-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Deuxième personne du pluriel du passé simple du verbe piler.
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.