squelette

\skə.lɛt\

/\skə.lɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“squelette” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,674. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,674
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble des os d’un organisme vertébré.

Corpus desk

Index FR-squelette · squelette · French

squelette · rank #12,674 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #12,674
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH souterrain

Nearest frequency peer: souterrain (-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 « squelette »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « squelette » 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).

squelette vs squelettes
90% similar

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

Key facts for squelette
PropertyValue
Headwordsquelette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\skə.lɛt\
Letters9
Frequency rank#12,674
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « squelette »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « souterrain » (#12,673), « stagiaires » (#12,675), « Sonia » (#12,672). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « squelette » est au #12,674. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around squelette (IPA \skə.lɛt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,674 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for squelette, with forms such as "qsuelette", "sqeulette", and "sqquelette". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "squelettes", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is squelette, spelled S-Q-U-E-L-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ensemble des os d’un organisme vertébré.
  2. 2
    Structure permettant le maintien de la forme d’un organisme.
  3. 3
    Personne extrêmement maigre et décharnée.
  4. 4
    Structure porteuse qui soutient un ensemble.
  5. 5
    Structure de base sur laquelle tout repose.
  6. 6
    Ce qui reste d’une telle structure.
  7. 7
    Ensemble de courbes formées par la réduction d’une forme dans laquelle elles sont centrées.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’existence de mille Cuvier n’aurait pas suffit à recomposer les squelettes des êtres organiques couchés dans ce magnifique ossuaire.
  2. Ce baudrier était passé en sautoir autour du cou d’un cadavre ou plutôt d’un squelette, car les chairs du cadavre avaient été rongées, et les os en avaient été nettoyés comme pour un cabinet d’anatomie ou un atelier de peinture.

Synonyms

charpentestructurecharpentestructure

This word in other languages

skeleton(English)esqueleto(Español)Gerippe(Deutsch)esqueleto(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • qsuelette
  • sqeulette
  • sqquelette
  • squeeltte
  • squelete
  • squeletet
  • squellette
  • squeltete
  • squleette
  • ssquelette
  • suqelette

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

qsuelette2sqeulette2sqquelette1squeeltte2squelete1squeletet2squellette1squeltete2
Edit distance from "squelette"

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 "squelette"?
"squelette" is spelled S-Q-U-E-L-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \skə.lɛt\.
What does "squelette" mean?
As a noun, "squelette" means: Ensemble des os d’un organisme vertébré.
What words are commonly confused with "squelette"?
"squelette" is commonly confused with "squelettes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "squelette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "squelette" is \skə.lɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "squelette" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

tactiques#12,680toussaint#12,686préférées#12,647paroisses#12,632

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

tournure11 variantséquivaut11 variantspréavis11 variantspromets11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list