coquelle
\kɔ.kɛl\
The verdict
“coquelle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poêlon, cocotte en fonte.
Corpus desk
Index FR-coquelle · coquelle · French
coquelle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | coquelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.kɛl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « coquelle » en français
Rare enough to double-check
coquelle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.kɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
coquelle doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is coquelle, spelled C-O-Q-U-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Poêlon, cocotte en fonte.
- 2Récipient en terre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how coquelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mets les pommes de terres dans la coquelle.
Toutes ces femmes avaient passé deux jours à dépiauter, à mignarder cette chair musquée comme truffe, pour la baigner largement dans le vin du cousin, où macéraient déjà carottes, échalotes, thym, poivre et petits oignons. Tout cela brunissait à l’ombre du cellier dans les grandes coquelles en terre.
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.