pistolet

\pis.tɔ.lɛ\

/\pis.tɔ.lɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“pistolet” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,597. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,597
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arme à feu courte et portative.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pistolet · pistolet · French

pistolet · rank #8,597 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,597
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pie

Nearest frequency peer: pie (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « pistolet »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « pistolet » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pistolet vs pistolets
89% similar
pistolet vs pistoles
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for pistolet
PropertyValue
Headwordpistolet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pis.tɔ.lɛ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#8,597
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pistolet »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).pistoletse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pie » (#8,596), « plonger » (#8,598), « portables » (#8,599). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pistolet » est au #8,597. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around pistolet (IPA \pis.tɔ.lɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,597 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for pistolet, with forms such as "ipstolet", "pisotlet", and "pisstolet". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "pistolets", "pistoles", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is pistolet, spelled P-I-S-T-O-L-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Arme à feu courte et portative.
  2. 2
    Arme de poing fonctionnant par recul du canon et permettant des tirs successifs.
  3. 3
    Tireur utilisant cette arme.
  4. 4
    Arme à feu permettant au starter de donner le signal du départ.
  5. 5
    Nom familier de l’urinal.
  6. 6
    Instrument permettant de contrôler la distribution du carburant à la sortie du tuyau d’une pompe à essence.
  7. 7
    Nom donné par analogie de forme à toutes sortes d'instruments, d'outils, d'appareils, etc. qui se tiennent dans la main et qui s'actionnent avec un ou plusieurs doigts.
  8. 8
    Curvigraphe, instrument de tracé permettant de dessiner les lignes courbes dans les tracés géométriques.
  9. 9
    Bossoir en forme de crosse de pistolet.
  10. 10
    Synonyme de aconit napel (espèce de plantes).
  11. 11
    Homme bizarre, vaguement inquiétant et fantasque.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Charles allongea doucement derrière lui une main qui se porta sur un pommeau de pistolet de nouvelle invention.
  2. Il existe beaucoup d’autres noëls, il en est un originaire des environs de Gérardmer, où il est dit que les rois Mages se voyant menacés par le berger Robin, tirèrent… leurs pistolets ! — Pas mal comme anachronisme !

This word in other languages

pistol(English)pistola(Español)Pistole(Deutsch)pistola(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ipstolet
  • pisotlet
  • pisstolet
  • pistloet
  • pistoelt
  • pistolett
  • pistollet
  • pistolte
  • pisttolet
  • pitsolet
  • ppistolet
  • psitolet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pistolet - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ipstolet2pisotlet2pisstolet1pistloet2pistoelt2pistolett1pistollet1pistolte2
Edit distance from "pistolet"

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 "pistolet"?
"pistolet" is spelled P-I-S-T-O-L-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pis.tɔ.lɛ\.
What does "pistolet" mean?
As a noun, "pistolet" means: Arme à feu courte et portative.
What words are commonly confused with "pistolet"?
"pistolet" is commonly confused with "pistolets", "pistoles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pistolet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pistolet" is \pis.tɔ.lɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pistolet" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

pourvoir#8,601opposent#8,590punition#8,605Mohammed#8,582

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

possédait12 variantssubissent12 variantséternelle12 variantsacceptent12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list