belle-dame
\bɛl.dam\
The verdict
“belle-dame” 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 May 6, 2026) - Nom vernaculaire du chénopode blanc (Chenopodium album Linnaeus, 1753), dans la moitié nord de la France.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | belle-dame |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɛl.dam\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “belle-dame” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
belle-dame is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɛl.dam\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for belle-dame in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is belle-dame, spelled B-E-L-L-E---D-A-M-E.
Definition
- 1Nom vernaculaire du chénopode blanc (Chenopodium album Linnaeus, 1753), dans la moitié nord de la France.
- 2Nom vernaculaire de l’arroche des jardins (Atriplex hortensis).
- 3Nom vernaculaire de la belladone (Atropa belladonna Linnaeus, 1753).
- 4Insecte lépidoptère (papillon) du genre vanesse, de la famille des nymphalidés, migrateur, très répandu, dont les ailes sont de couleurs vives.
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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.
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Using “belle-dame”
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- The one correct French spelling is B-E-L-L-E---D-A-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bɛl.dam\ (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.