dongle
\dɔ̃ɡl\
The verdict
“dongle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Clé électronique, module enfichable sur un ordinateur et apportant une fonctionnalité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dongle · dongle · French
dongle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dongle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dɔ̃ɡl\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dongle » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dongle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dɔ̃ɡl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for dongle in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is dongle, spelled D-O-N-G-L-E.
Definition
- 1Clé électronique, module enfichable sur un ordinateur et apportant une fonctionnalité.
- 2Bouchon, se dit des adaptateurs USB destinés aux communications WIFI, Bluetooth, ou infrarouge.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dongle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au bureau, il est équipé d’un micro col de cygne détachable et se connecte à l’ordinateur avec un dongle USB Bluetooth.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.