rillettes

\ʁi.jɛt\

/\ʁi.jɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“rillettes” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,532. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,532
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Viande de porc hachée menu et mêlée de graisse, dont on fait des conserves.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rillettes · rillettes · French

rillettes · rank #37,532 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #37,532
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rigaud

Nearest frequency peer: rigaud (-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 « rillettes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rillettes » 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).

rillettes vs roulettes
78% similar

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

Key facts for rillettes
PropertyValue
Headwordrillettes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁi.jɛt\
Letters9
Frequency rank#37,532
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rillettes »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.rillettesse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « rigaud » (#37,531), « risqués » (#37,533), « ries » (#37,530). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rillettes » est au #37,532. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around rillettes (IPA \ʁi.jɛt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,532 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for rillettes, with forms such as "irllettes", "rilelttes", and "rilettes". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "roulettes", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is rillettes, spelled R-I-L-L-E-T-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Viande de porc hachée menu et mêlée de graisse, dont on fait des conserves.
  2. 2
    Viande ou chair de poisson hachée et mêlée de graisse, dont on fait des conserves.
  3. 3
    Pluriel de rillette.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les célèbres rillettes et rillons de Tours formaient l’élément principal du repas que nous faisions au milieu de la journée, entre le déjeuner du matin et le dîner de la maison dont l’heure coïncidait avec notre rentrée. Cette préparation, si prisée par quelques gourmands, paraît rarement à Tours sur les tables aristocratiques ; si j’en entendis parler av…
  2. Il y eut entre nous des rixes sanglantes pour un pot de rillettes découvert dans un placard, et le général fit fusiller un vieux bonhomme qui avait caché, dans son jardin, sous un tas de fumier, quelques kilogrammes de lard salé.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • irllettes
  • rilelttes
  • rilettes
  • rilletes
  • rilletets
  • rillettess
  • rillettse
  • rilltetes
  • rlilettes
  • rrillettes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rillettes - 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.

irllettes2rilelttes2rilettes1rilletes1rilletets2rillettess1rillettse2rilltetes2
Edit distance from "rillettes"

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 "rillettes"?
"rillettes" is spelled R-I-L-L-E-T-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁi.jɛt\.
What does "rillettes" mean?
As a noun, "rillettes" means: Viande de porc hachée menu et mêlée de graisse, dont on fait des conserves.
What words are commonly confused with "rillettes"?
"rillettes" is commonly confused with "roulettes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rillettes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rillettes" is \ʁi.jɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rillettes" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

renchérit#37,528récépissé#37,539relooking#37,525Salisbury#37,548

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

romarin10 variantsrelater10 variantsrehaussé10 variantssaxonnes10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list