colonelle
\kɔ.lɔ.nɛl\
The verdict
“colonelle” is uncommon French (frequency #97,798 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,798
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Compagnie colonelle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-colonelle · colonelle · French
colonelle · rank #97,798 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,798
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH collected
Nearest frequency peer: collected (-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 « colonelle »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- collaborons
collaborons
2,205 corpus weight
- collected
collected
2,204 corpus weight
- colonelle
colonelle
2,203 corpus weight
- colophon
colophon
2,202 corpus weight
- comblait
comblait
2,201 corpus weight
- commerciali…
commercialisable
2,200 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « colonelle » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | colonelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.lɔ.nɛl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #97,798 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « colonelle » en français
Rare enough to double-check
colonelle is uncommon French at frequency #97,798 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.lɔ.nɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Compagnie colonelle.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for colonelle, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is colonelle, spelled C-O-L-O-N-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Compagnie colonelle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how colonelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le cardinal de Retz, qui était auprès de lui, augmentait encore l’irrésolution et le trouble de son esprit, en formant des difficultés sur tout ce qu’il proposait ; d’autre part, la porte Saint-Antoine était gardée par une colonelle de bourgeois, dont les officiers, qui étaient gagnés de la cour, empêchaient presque également de sortir de la Ville et d’y…
Messieurs de Vitry et de Cramail devoient s’ouvrir en même temps aux autres prisonniers, se rendre maîtres de la Bastille, arrêter le gouverneur, sortir dans la rue Saint-Antoine avec une troupe de noblesse dont M. le maréchal de Vitry étoit assuré ; crier vive le Roi et M. le comte ! M. d’Etampes devoit, à l’heure donnée, faire battre le tambour par tout…
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.
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