douelle
\dwɛl\
The verdict
“douelle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite douve.
Corpus desk
Index FR-douelle · douelle · French
douelle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | douelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dwɛl\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
douelle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dwɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for douelle in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is douelle, spelled D-O-U-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Petite douve.
- 2Élément d’assemblage qui forme un cylindre ressemblant à un tonneau.
- 3Parement intérieur ou extérieur d’un voussoir.
- 4Parement intérieur ou extérieur d’un voussoir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how douelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les bastes [utilisées dans certaines contrées viticoles] sont faites dans les tonnelleries des propriétaires avec du bois provenant de douelles cassées de barriques.
Le bon tonnelier, celui qui ajuste ses douelles courbes, les resserre au feu et au cercle de fer, presque hermétiquement, sans utiliser le rafia ou l’étoupe, était rare.
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.