Catulle

\ka.tyl\

/\ka.tyl\/ name

The verdict

“Catulle” is uncommon French (frequency #73,808 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,808
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poète romain.

Corpus desk

Index FR-catulle · Catulle · French

Catulle · rank #73,808 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,808
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Castanet

Nearest frequency peer: Castanet (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Catulle »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Catulle » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Catulle
PropertyValue
HeadwordCatulle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ka.tyl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#73,808
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Catulle » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Catulletombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Castanet » (#73,807), « caténaires » (#73,809), « Carvin » (#73,806). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Catulle » est au #73,808. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Catulle is uncommon French at frequency #73,808 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ka.tyl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Poète romain.".

Zero misspellings are on record for Catulle in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Catulle, spelled C-A-T-U-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Poète romain.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Catulle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il était là, debout, contre les éditions savantes de Catulle et de Pétrone, le mannequin d’osier, image conjugale.
  2. Écoutez Virgile hausser l’églogue à la hauteur du printemps ; Catulle mêler l’avril aux tentations plus fortes que les ambitions ; Longus adorer Chloé nue ; Dante épancher son inquiétude philosophique et lyrique sur le mystère de la femme ; Pétrarque soupirer ses aveux dans un exil que sa détresse enchante ; et, se rapprochant toujours plus de nous, Ronsa…

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Catulle"?
"Catulle" is spelled C-A-T-U-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.tyl\.
What does "Catulle" mean?
As a proper noun, "Catulle" means: Poète romain.
How do you pronounce "Catulle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Catulle" is \ka.tyl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Catulle" come from?
"Catulle" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Catulle", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list