constellé
\kɔ̃s.te.le\
The verdict
“constellé” is uncommon French (frequency #85,588 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,588
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est parsemé d’étoiles.
Corpus desk
Index FR-constelle · constellé · French
constellé · rank #85,588 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,588
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH consolée
Nearest frequency peer: consolée (-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 « constellé »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- conscientis…
conscientiser
14,415 corpus weight
- consolée
consolée
14,414 corpus weight
- constellé
constellé
14,413 corpus weight
- contemplait
contemplait
14,412 corpus weight
- contextuell…
contextuelles
14,411 corpus weight
- contredira
contredira
14,409 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « constellé » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | constellé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɔ̃s.te.le\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #85,588 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « constellé » en français
Rare enough to double-check
constellé is uncommon French at frequency #85,588 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kɔ̃s.te.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for constellé in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is constellé, spelled C-O-N-S-T-E-L-L-É.
Definition
- 1Qui est parsemé d’étoiles.
- 2Parsemé (d’objets ou d’ornements qui brillent).
- 3Parsemé (avec l'idée de la multiplicité des étoiles dans le ciel mais sans idée de lumière ni valeur méliorative).
- 4Qui est fait sous l’influence supposée de certaine constellation ; qui en porte la figure, le symbole.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how constellé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les cieux constellés.
Poitrine constellée de décorations.
This word in other languages
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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