edel
\ˈeːdl̩\
The verdict
“edel” is uncommon French (frequency #75,642 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,642
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Noble : qui appartient à la noblesse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-edel · edel · French
edel · rank #75,642 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,642
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH effritement
Nearest frequency peer: effritement (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « edel »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- dévouées
dévouées
24,363 corpus weight
- eas
eas
24,362 corpus weight
- edel
edel
24,359 corpus weight
- effritement
effritement
24,358 corpus weight
- Eisenberg
Eisenberg
24,356 corpus weight
- Ekaterinbou…
Ekaterinbourg
24,355 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « edel » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | edel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈeːdl̩\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #75,642 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « edel » en français
Rare enough to double-check
edel is uncommon French at frequency #75,642 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈeːdl̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for edel in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is edel, spelled E-D-E-L.
Definition
- 1Noble : qui appartient à la noblesse.
- 2Noble : qui est de grande qualité morale (personne ou attitude, geste, action).
- 3Haut de gamme, de qualité, précieux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how edel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ihren Namen verdankt die Linde dem Minnesänger Burkhart von Hohenfels (etwa 1195 bis 1246). Die einzige Darstellung, die von dem Dichter überliefert ist, findet sich in der Großen Heidelberger Liederhandschrift, dem Codex Manesse. Burkhart steht links, rechts eine edle Dame, der er ein Blatt überreicht.
Besser als im Märchen: Einem Bündner Bergbauern rollt das Auto den Hang ab – es zerschellt. Ein Fremder aus Kreuzlingen erfährt davon und schenkt ihm ein neues. Statt sich mit der edlen Tat zu brüsten, will der Spender aber lieber anonym bleiben.
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.
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