alvéole
\al.ve.ɔl\
The verdict
“alvéole” is uncommon French (frequency #88,305 among 424,905 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,305
- frequency rank, French
- 424,905
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Petit creux ou cavité plus ou moins fermée.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alvéole |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \al.ve.ɔl\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #88,305 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “alvéole” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
alvéole is uncommon French at frequency #88,305 among 424,905 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \al.ve.ɔl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for alvéole, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 alvéole, spelled A-L-V-É-O-L-E.
Definition
- 1Petit creux ou cavité plus ou moins fermée.
- 2Cellule de forme hexagonale où les abeilles déposent leurs œufs, leur miel, du pollen.
- 3Cavité de l’os maxillaire ou de la mandibule dans laquelle chaque dent est enchâssée.
- 4Très petite cavité du poumon, alvéole pulmonaire.
- 5Petite cavité que l’on observe dans certaines roches.
- 6Loge formée par les carpelles soudés du pistil de certaines plantes.
- 7Cellule dans un bâtiment.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “alvéole”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-L-V-É-O-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \al.ve.ɔl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.