aloyau
\a.lwa.jo\
The verdict
“aloyau” 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) - Pièce noble de bœuf coupée le long du dos et de la croupe, des dernières côtes au sacrum.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aloyau · aloyau · French
aloyau · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | aloyau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.lwa.jo\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
aloyau is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.lwa.jo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pièce noble de bœuf coupée le long du dos et de la croupe, des dernières côtes au sacrum.".
No misspelling variants are generated for aloyau in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is aloyau, spelled A-L-O-Y-A-U.
Definition
- 1Pièce noble de bœuf coupée le long du dos et de la croupe, des dernières côtes au sacrum.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aloyau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’aloyau est composé du filet, du faux filet, du romsteck et d'une partie de la bavette.
Elle lui servit un déjeuner, où il y avait un aloyau, des tripes, du boudin, une fricassée de poulet, du cidre mousseux, une tarte aux compotes et des prunes à l’eau-de-vie […]
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.