quenotte
\kə.nɔt\
The verdict
“quenotte” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dent d’un enfant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-quenotte · quenotte · French
quenotte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Q" 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 | quenotte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kə.nɔt\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « quenotte » en français
Rare enough to double-check
quenotte is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kə.nɔt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
quenotte has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is quenotte, spelled Q-U-E-N-O-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Dent d’un enfant.
- 2Dent d’un adolescent, d’un adulte, ou (plus rarement) d’un animal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how quenotte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Voyons, sois donc gentil, ne t’ébrèche pas comme ça tes quenottes en les grinçant.
Avec ses dix-huit mois il faisait mentir le dicton : « vingt mois, vingt dents », car sa vingtième quenotte venait de percer.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.