aspérule
\as.pe.ʁyl\
The verdict
“aspérule” 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) - Plante du genre Asperula de la famille des Rubiaceae (Rubiacées) dont le type est l'aspérule des champs (Asperula arvensis).
Corpus desk
Index FR-asperule · aspérule · French
aspérule · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | aspérule |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \as.pe.ʁyl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
aspérule is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \as.pe.ʁyl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plante du genre Asperula de la famille des Rubiaceae (Rubiacées) dont le type est l'aspérule des champs (Asperula arvensis).".
No generated misspelling entries exist for aspérule in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 aspérule, spelled A-S-P-É-R-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1Plante du genre Asperula de la famille des Rubiaceae (Rubiacées) dont le type est l'aspérule des champs (Asperula arvensis).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how aspérule appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Des ageratums à houppettes bleu céleste ; des aspérules, d’une délicate odeur de musc ; des mimulus, montrant des gorges cuivrées, ponctuées de cinabre.
This word in other languages
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