rase-mottes
\ʁaz.mɔt\
The verdict
“rase-mottes” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vol à très basse altitude.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rase-mottes · rase-mottes · French
rase-mottes · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | rase-mottes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁaz.mɔt\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
rase-mottes is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁaz.mɔt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vol à très basse altitude.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for rase-mottes, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is rase-mottes, spelled R-A-S-E---M-O-T-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Vol à très basse altitude.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rase-mottes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les habitants se plaignent des nuisances sonores causées par les vols d’avions en rase-mottes.
La démonstration de voltige a supprimé tous les vols en rase-mottes de son programme, car le public craint un accident comparable à celui qui avait fait de nombreuses victimes l’an passé.
Synonyms
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.