saumonette
\so.mɔ.nɛt\
The verdict
“saumonette” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom commercial de plusieurs espèces de petits requins tels que la petite roussette et la grande roussette, l’aiguillat, l’émissolle …
Corpus desk
Index FR-saumonette · saumonette · French
saumonette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | saumonette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \so.mɔ.nɛt\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
saumonette is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \so.mɔ.nɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom commercial de plusieurs espèces de petits requins tels que la petite roussette et la grande roussette, l’aiguillat, l’émissolle …".
saumonette has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is saumonette, spelled S-A-U-M-O-N-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Nom commercial de plusieurs espèces de petits requins tels que la petite roussette et la grande roussette, l’aiguillat, l’émissolle …
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how saumonette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sa saumonette à la provençale était un régal.
Essayez la saumonette, ou « petite roussette ».
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.