dauphinelle

\do.fi.nɛl\

/\do.fi.nɛl\/ noun

The verdict

“dauphinelle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genre de plantes herbacées de la famille des renonculacées regroupant plus de 350 espèces dont certaines sont cultivées comme ornementales.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dauphinelle · dauphinelle · French

dauphinelle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "D" 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.

Key facts for dauphinelle
PropertyValue
Headworddauphinelle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\do.fi.nɛl\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “dauphinelle” sits in French frequency

dauphinelle falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dauphinelle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \do.fi.nɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genre de plantes herbacées de la famille des renonculacées regroupant plus de 350 espèces dont certaines sont cultivées comme ornementales.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dauphinelle, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is dauphinelle, spelled D-A-U-P-H-I-N-E-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genre de plantes herbacées de la famille des renonculacées regroupant plus de 350 espèces dont certaines sont cultivées comme ornementales.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dauphinelle"?
"dauphinelle" is spelled D-A-U-P-H-I-N-E-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \do.fi.nɛl\.
What does "dauphinelle" mean?
As a noun, "dauphinelle" means: Genre de plantes herbacées de la famille des renonculacées regroupant plus de 350 espèces dont certaines sont cultivées comme ornementales.
How do you pronounce "dauphinelle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dauphinelle" is \do.fi.nɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dauphinelle" come from?
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list