airelle

\ɛ.ʁɛl\

/\ɛ.ʁɛl\/ noun

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The verdict

“airelle” is an uncommon French word, ranked #97,639 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#97,639
frequency rank, French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Terme générique désignant plusieurs sous arbrisseaux du genre Vaccinium de la famille des Ericaceae (Éricacées) comme : l’airelle rouge (Vaccinium vitis-idaea), le bleuet sauvage ou airelle fausse-...

Key facts for airelle
PropertyValue
Headwordairelle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ.ʁɛl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#97,639
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “airelle” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). airelle lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for airelle is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ.ʁɛl\. Corpus data places it at rank #97,639 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Zero misspellings are on record for airelle in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is airelle, spelled A-I-R-E-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Terme générique désignant plusieurs sous arbrisseaux du genre Vaccinium de la famille des Ericaceae (Éricacées) comme : l’airelle rouge (Vaccinium vitis-idaea), le bleuet sauvage ou airelle fausse-myrtille (Vaccinium myrtilloides), airelle à feuilles étroites (Vaccinium angustifolium) ou la canneberge (Vaccinium oxycoccos).
  2. 2
    Fruit charnu, indéhiscent et comestible de ces arbustes, dont les graines sont noyées dans la pulpe, souvent sphériques, rouges ou bleues, d’où le nom de bleuet ou noires, légèrement acide, dont on fait usage en médecine et dans la teinture.

Synonyms

embrunecannebergecanneberyatocaatacapomme de prébleuetmyrtille

This word in other languages

berry(English)arándano(Español)Preiselbeere(Deutsch)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "airelle"?
"airelle" is spelled A-I-R-E-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ.ʁɛl\.
What does "airelle" mean?
As a noun, "airelle" means: Terme générique désignant plusieurs sous arbrisseaux du genre Vaccinium de la famille des Ericaceae (Éricacées) comme : l’airelle rouge (Vaccinium vitis-idaea), le bleuet sauvage ou airelle fausse-...
How do you pronounce "airelle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "airelle" is \ɛ.ʁɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "airelle" come from?
"airelle" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “airelle”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is A-I-R-E-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ɛ.ʁɛl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list