roitelet
\ʁwa.tlɛ\
The verdict
“roitelet” is an uncommon French word, ranked #74,342 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #74,342
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Roi dont le pouvoir est faible ; roi d'un tout petit royaume.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | roitelet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁwa.tlɛ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #74,342 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “roitelet” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for roitelet is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁwa.tlɛ\. Corpus data places it at rank #74,342 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for roitelet in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 roitelet, spelled R-O-I-T-E-L-E-T.
Definition
- 1Roi dont le pouvoir est faible ; roi d'un tout petit royaume.
- 2Personne de plus ou moins grande envergure qui se donne une autorité de monarque, ou que l’on traite comme un petit roi.
- 3Très petit oiseau à bec fin, dont le plumage est olivâtre, et qui a sur la tête une tache d’un beau jaune, de la famille des Regulidae.
- 4Jeune vainqueur du jeu de tir à l’arc nommé « Abat Oiseau » ou « Tir du Roi », sur une cible perchée, à longue distance.
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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.
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Using “roitelet”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-O-I-T-E-L-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁwa.tlɛ\ (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.