drelin
\dʁə.lɛ̃\
The verdict
“drelin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an onomatopoeia. 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) - Onomatopée utilisée pour évoquer le bruit d’une sonnette.
Corpus desk
Index FR-drelin · drelin · French
drelin · 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 | drelin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Onomatopoeia |
| IPA | \dʁə.lɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
drelin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anonomatopoeia, transcribed \dʁə.lɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Onomatopée utilisée pour évoquer le bruit d’une sonnette.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for drelin in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is drelin, spelled D-R-E-L-I-N.
Definition
- 1Onomatopée utilisée pour évoquer le bruit d’une sonnette.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how drelin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils n'entendent point, et ma sonnette ne fait pas assez de bruit. Drelin, drelin, drelin : point d'affaire. Drelin, drelin, Drelin : ils sont sourds. Toinette! Drelin, drelin, drelin : tout comme si je ne sonnais point. Chienne, coquine! Drelin, drelin, drelin : j'enrage. Drelin, drelin, drelin : carogne, à tous les diables! Est-il possible qu'on laisse c…
Drelindin din !… Drelindin din !… C’est la messe de minuit qui commence.
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.