pilote de chasse
\pi.lɔt də ʃas\
The verdict
“pilote de chasse” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pilote d’un avion militaire destiné à l’attaque ou à la protection des autres aéronefs.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pilote de chasse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pi.lɔt də ʃas\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pilote de chasse” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for pilote de chasse is 16 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pi.lɔt də ʃas\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pilote d’un avion militaire destiné à l’attaque ou à la protection des autres aéronefs.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for pilote de chasse in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pilote de chasse, spelled P-I-L-O-T-E- -D-E- -C-H-A-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Pilote d’un avion militaire destiné à l’attaque ou à la protection des autres aéronefs.
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.
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Using “pilote de chasse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-I-L-O-T-E- -D-E- -C-H-A-S-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pi.lɔt də ʃas\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.