violette

/\vjɔ.lɛt\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,281

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

violette is aFrenchnoun. It means: Plante herbacée vivace de la famille des violacées appartenant au genre Viola. Pronounced \vjɔ.lɛt\. Often confused with violettes and violet.

Key facts for violette
PropertyValue
Headwordviolette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vjɔ.lɛt\
Letters8
Frequency rank#12,281
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of violette in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for violette is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \vjɔ.lɛt\. Corpus data places it at rank #12,281 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for violette, with forms such as "ivolette", "viloette", and "vioeltte". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "violettes", "violet", "violée", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is violette, spelled V-I-O-L-E-T-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plante herbacée vivace de la famille des violacées appartenant au genre Viola.
  2. 2
    Fleur de cette plante.
  3. 3
    Marques, taches violacées.
  4. 4
    Personne timide et modeste.
  5. 5
    Ancien nom de l’alto.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ivolette,viloette,vioeltte,violete,violetet,viollette,violtete,voilette,vviolette

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for violette

Misspelling Variants of "violette"

ivolette8viloette8vioeltte8violete7violetet8viollette9violtete8voilette8
Misspelling Variants of "violette"

Frequency rank: #12,281 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "violette"?
"violette" is spelled V-I-O-L-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vjɔ.lɛt\.
What does "violette" mean?
As a noun, "violette" means: Plante herbacée vivace de la famille des violacées appartenant au genre Viola.
What words are commonly confused with "violette"?
"violette" is commonly confused with "violettes", "violet", "violée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "violette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "violette" is \vjɔ.lɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "violette" come from?
"violette" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.