aspergille
\as.pɛʁ.ʒil\
The verdict
“aspergille” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ustensile utilisé pour répandre de l’eau lustrale ou bénite.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aspergille · aspergille · French
aspergille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | aspergille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \as.pɛʁ.ʒil\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « aspergille » en français
Rare enough to double-check
aspergille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \as.pɛʁ.ʒil\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for aspergille in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is aspergille, spelled A-S-P-E-R-G-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Ustensile utilisé pour répandre de l’eau lustrale ou bénite.
- 2Genre de champignons, de type moisissure, dont la fructification a une forme de goupillon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aspergille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les principaux attributs qui accompagnent cette dédicace et motivent l’interprétation que nous venons de donner sont la peau de bélier, le pedum , la flûte à double tuyau, qu’on pourrait facilement prendre ici pour l’aspergille, la harpa ou couteau du sacrificateur, et la pomme de pin ou le rameau des dendrophores.
Des deux côtés de sa large façade, sur la frise et au dessus, jusqu’au grand stylobate des gladiateurs, on distingue des boucliers sur lesquels sont gravées des inscriptions presque complètement effacées et illisibles, des faisceaux et trophées d’armes, des instruments de marine, divers ustensiles du culte païen, tels que le bâton augural, la patère, le l…
Synonyms
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.