dentelés
\dɑ̃.tə.le\
The verdict
“dentelés” is uncommon French (frequency #97,850 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,850
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de dentelé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-denteles · dentelés · French
dentelés · rank #97,850 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,850
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH Delfosse
Nearest frequency peer: Delfosse (-2 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 « dentelés »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- dansk
dansk
2,159 corpus weight
- Delfosse
Delfosse
2,153 corpus weight
- dentelés
dentelés
2,151 corpus weight
- described
described
2,149 corpus weight
- dimensionner
dimensionner
2,146 corpus weight
- diphtongues
diphtongues
2,144 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dentelés » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dentelés |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \dɑ̃.tə.le\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #97,850 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dentelés » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dentelés is uncommon French at frequency #97,850 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \dɑ̃.tə.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de dentelé.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dentelés, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is dentelés, spelled D-E-N-T-E-L-É-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de dentelé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dentelés appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Partout des gazes blanches ou peintes comme les ailes des plus jolies libellules, des crêpes, des dentelles, des blondes, des tulles variés comme les fantaisies de la nature entomologique, découpés, ondés, dentelés, des fils d’aranéide en or, en argent, des brouillards de soie, des fleurs brodées par les fées ou fleuries par des génies emprisonnés, des pl…
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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