dentelle

\dɑ̃.tɛl\

/\dɑ̃.tɛl\/ noun

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The verdict

“dentelle” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,446. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,446
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de passement à jour et à mailles très fines.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dentelle · dentelle · French

dentelle · rank #14,446 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,446
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH denrées

Nearest frequency peer: denrées (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « dentelle »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « dentelle » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

dentelle vs dentelles
89% similar
dentelle vs Danielle
63% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for dentelle
PropertyValue
Headworddentelle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dɑ̃.tɛl\
Letters8
Frequency rank#14,446
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dentelle »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.dentellese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « denrées » (#14,445), « della » (#14,444), « deep » (#14,443). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dentelle » est au #14,446. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around dentelle (IPA \dɑ̃.tɛl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,446 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for dentelle, with forms such as "ddentelle", "denetlle", and "denntelle". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "dentelles", "Danielle", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is dentelle, spelled D-E-N-T-E-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sorte de passement à jour et à mailles très fines.
  2. 2
    Dentelle de fil.
  3. 3
    Ornement en forme de dentelles.
  4. 4
    Sculptures à jour qu’on fait dans la pierre.
  5. 5
    Rebord de toiture, en bois ou en tôle, découpé de manière dentelée, festonnée. On dit aussi lambrequin.
  6. 6
    Papier finement découpé à jour dont on couvre les boîtes de confiserie.
  7. 7
    Papier finement découpé à jour dont on se sert pour la correspondance privée.
  8. 8
    Partie d’un diamant taillée en rose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how dentelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Des négociants viennent acheter à Méru les dentelles qu'ils ont commandées à S.-Crépin, à Valdampierre, à Lormaison, à Corbeil-Cerf, au Déluge, à Montherlant, à la Villeneuve-le-Roi. Les femmes gagnent par jour 10 à 12 sous; quelques unes sont payées 15 sous.
  2. Une des recherches de leur luxe est encore d’avoir un très beau mouchoir de batiste brodé garni de dentelles.

This word in other languages

lace(English)encaje(Español)Spitze(Deutsch)renda(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddentelle
  • denetlle
  • denntelle
  • dentele
  • dentelel
  • dentlele
  • denttelle
  • detnelle
  • dnetelle
  • edntelle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dentelle - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddentelle1denetlle2denntelle1dentele1dentelel2dentlele2denttelle1detnelle2
Edit distance from "dentelle"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dentelle"?
"dentelle" is spelled D-E-N-T-E-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dɑ̃.tɛl\.
What does "dentelle" mean?
As a noun, "dentelle" means: Sorte de passement à jour et à mailles très fines.
What words are commonly confused with "dentelle"?
"dentelle" is commonly confused with "dentelles", "Danielle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dentelle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dentelle" is \dɑ̃.tɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dentelle" come from?
"dentelle" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dentelle", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

coûtera10 variantsdéroute10 variantschiottes10 variantsfaction10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list