aquatile
\a.kwa.til\
The verdict
“aquatile” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui vit dans l'eau, submergé ou flottant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aquatile · aquatile · French
aquatile · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | aquatile |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.kwa.til\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
aquatile is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.kwa.til\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui vit dans l'eau, submergé ou flottant.".
No misspelling variants are generated for aquatile in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 aquatile, spelled A-Q-U-A-T-I-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui vit dans l'eau, submergé ou flottant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how aquatile appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quelques plantes aquatiles, et principalement les fluviatiles, ont leur fructification submersible; c'est-à-dire, que leurs pédoncules qui élevaient d'abord les fleurs hors de l'eau pour la fécondation, replongent ensuite les ovaires fécondés, dont l'immersion aurait empêché ou gêné l'accroissement; […].
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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.