vailet
\βaj'let\
The verdict
“vailet” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Valet, serviteur, domestique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vailet · vailet · French
vailet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" 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 | vailet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \βaj'let\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
vailet is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \βaj'let\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Valet, serviteur, domestique.".
No misspelling variants are generated for vailet in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is vailet, spelled V-A-I-L-E-T.
Definition
- 1Valet, serviteur, domestique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how vailet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En cò de Ginèsta, logavan una pastra de fedas, un pastre per la vacada, un vailet, una sirventa, un batièr tota l'annada, e un estivandièr per la sason dels grands trabalhs.
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.