sweater
\swi.tœʁ\
The verdict
“sweater” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tricot de maille serrées à manches longues, porté avant ou après un effort sportif ou comme vêtement décontracté.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sweater · sweater · French
sweater · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | sweater |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \swi.tœʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sweater » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sweater is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \swi.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tricot de maille serrées à manches longues, porté avant ou après un effort sportif ou comme vêtement décontracté.".
Zero misspellings are on record for sweater in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 sweater, spelled S-W-E-A-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Tricot de maille serrées à manches longues, porté avant ou après un effort sportif ou comme vêtement décontracté.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sweater appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tandis que me parlait ce gentleman dont je considérais sur le marbre les deux énormes pattes et le sweater de laine violette, de jeunes garçons s'installaient au comptoir.
Synonyms
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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.