douvelle
\du.vɛl\
The verdict
“douvelle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite douve de tonneau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-douvelle · douvelle · French
douvelle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | douvelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \du.vɛl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
douvelle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \du.vɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Petite douve de tonneau.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for douvelle, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 douvelle, spelled D-O-U-V-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Petite douve de tonneau.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how douvelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La dimension extérieure de la barrique est de 90 centimètres de longueur à la douvelle.
[…], huit percherons halent un tronc de quinze mètres, seulement ébranché et maintenant vertical, la motte serrée par des douvelles de tonneau comme les cuves.
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.