ardillon
\aʁ.di.jɔ̃\
The verdict
“ardillon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Pointe faisant partie d’une boucle et servant à arrêter la courroie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ardillon · ardillon · French
ardillon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | ardillon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \aʁ.di.jɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ardillon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ardillon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \aʁ.di.jɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ardillon, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is ardillon, spelled A-R-D-I-L-L-O-N.
Definition
- 1Pointe faisant partie d’une boucle et servant à arrêter la courroie.
- 2Pointe inversée de l’hameçon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ardillon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tout en faisant ces doléances, ce brave homme achevait de seller le cheval gris ; la colonne était longue à défiler, et, ralentissant ses mouvements, il fit une attention scrupuleuse à la longueur des sangles et aux ardillons de chaque boucle de la selle, se donnant par là le temps de continuer ses discours.
J’en étais lourd, de ces mots, à plus savoir où il fallait mettre l’ardillon de la sous-ventrière.
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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.