cochlée
\kɔk.le\
The verdict
“cochlée” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Organe de l’oreille interne en forme de colimaçon et contenant les cellules ciliées qui transforment les ondes sonores en influx nerveux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cochlee · cochlée · French
cochlée · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | cochlée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔk.le\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cochlée » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cochlée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔk.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Organe de l’oreille interne en forme de colimaçon et contenant les cellules ciliées qui transforment les ondes sonores en influx nerveux.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cochlée, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cochlée, spelled C-O-C-H-L-É-E.
Definition
- 1Organe de l’oreille interne en forme de colimaçon et contenant les cellules ciliées qui transforment les ondes sonores en influx nerveux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cochlée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’oreille interne est composée de deux parties : la cochlée qui est la partie auditive et le vestibule, qui contient les organes de l’équilibre.
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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.