abalone
\a.ba.lɔn\
The verdict
“abalone” 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) - Mollusque comestible de la famille des Haliotidae, synonyme de ormeau (genre de mollusque).
Corpus desk
Index FR-abalone · abalone · French
abalone · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | abalone |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.ba.lɔn\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « abalone » en français
Rare enough to double-check
abalone is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.ba.lɔn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for abalone, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is abalone, spelled A-B-A-L-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1Mollusque comestible de la famille des Haliotidae, synonyme de ormeau (genre de mollusque).
- 2Coquille du coquillage du même nom, découpée ou reconstituée, servant aux filets de marqueterie, aux rosaces et pastilles sur les instruments à cordes pincées tels que les mandolines, ukulele, guitares, etc.
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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.