tonnelet
\tɔn.lɛ\
The verdict
“tonnelet” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit tonneau, petit baril destiné à contenir du vin, de l’eau-de-vie ou quelque autre liquide.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tonnelet · tonnelet · French
tonnelet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | tonnelet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɔn.lɛ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
tonnelet is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɔn.lɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tonnelet, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is tonnelet, spelled T-O-N-N-E-L-E-T.
Definition
- 1Petit tonneau, petit baril destiné à contenir du vin, de l’eau-de-vie ou quelque autre liquide.
- 2Vase à boire en usage au Moyen-Âge.
- 3Haut-de-chausses d’apparat, court et renflé, en usage aux XVIᵉ et XVIIᵉ siècles.
- 4Vêtement de scène court, en usage au XVIIᵉ siècle, porté par les hommes et donné comme évoquant l’Antiquité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tonnelet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’imagination d’Harpagon ne bâtit qu’autour de sa cassette, celle de Falstaff autour d’une belle femme ou d’un tonnelet.
This word in other languages
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.