stylet

\sti.lɛ\

/\sti.lɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“stylet” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,295. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,295
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de poignard, dont la lame est très mince et ordinairement triangulaire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-stylet · stylet · French

stylet · rank #35,295 · 10 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,295
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH stoppée

Nearest frequency peer: stoppée (-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 « stylet »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « stylet » 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).

stylet vs stylo
67% similar
stylet vs stylos
67% similar
stylet vs style
83% similar

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

Key facts for stylet
PropertyValue
Headwordstylet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sti.lɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#35,295
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « stylet »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).styletse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « stoppée » (#35,294), « suicidée » (#35,296), « stoke » (#35,293). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « stylet » est au #35,295. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around stylet (IPA \sti.lɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,295 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for stylet, with forms such as "sstylet", "stlyet", and "sttylet". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "stylo", "stylos", "style", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is stylet, spelled S-T-Y-L-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sorte de poignard, dont la lame est très mince et ordinairement triangulaire.
  2. 2
    Utilisé (improprement suivant une stricte étymologie) au lieu de style pour désigner un poinçon servant à écrire sur une tablette.
  3. 3
    Aiguille d'un enregistreur.
  4. 4
    Petite tige métallique dont une extrémité est parfois percée d’un chas, destinée à explorer les canaux naturels et les plaies.
  5. 5
    Rostre, pièce buccale pointue d’insectes piqueurs et suceurs.
  6. 6
    Stylo sans mine, utilisé sur des écrans tactiles.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tebaldeo.– Je sais qu’un citoyen peut être assassiné en plein jour et en pleine rue, selon le caprice de ceux qui la gouvernent ; c’est pourquoi je porte ce stylet à ma ceinture.
  2. J’épouse une riche veuve de Cordoue, et je renonce au stylet du brigand pour la baguette du corrégidor.

This word in other languages

stiletto(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sstylet
  • stlyet
  • sttylet
  • styelt
  • stylett
  • styllet
  • stylte
  • styylet
  • sytlet
  • tsylet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

sstylet1stlyet2sttylet1styelt2stylett1styllet1stylte2styylet1
Edit distance from "stylet"

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 "stylet"?
"stylet" is spelled S-T-Y-L-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \sti.lɛ\.
What does "stylet" mean?
As a noun, "stylet" means: Sorte de poignard, dont la lame est très mince et ordinairement triangulaire.
What words are commonly confused with "stylet"?
"stylet" is commonly confused with "stylo", "stylos", "style". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "stylet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stylet" is \sti.lɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stylet" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tertre#35,304Tibère#35,307typhus#35,317rougis#35,258

Similar misspelling depth

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

souffres10 variantssoucoupe10 variantstierces10 variantssaluons10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list