éteule
\e.tœl\
The verdict
“éteule” 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) - Partie du chaume, passée sous la lame de la faux ou de la moissonneuse, qui reste fixée à la terre après la moisson.
Corpus desk
Index FR-eteule · éteule · French
éteule · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "É" 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 | éteule |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.tœl\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « éteule » en français
Rare enough to double-check
éteule is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.tœl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for éteule, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is éteule, spelled É-T-E-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1Partie du chaume, passée sous la lame de la faux ou de la moissonneuse, qui reste fixée à la terre après la moisson.
- 2Vaguelette secondaire d’un mascaret ; ételle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how éteule appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je vois quelque chose, mais ça ne peut pas être le lièvre ; c'est une bosse de terre, jaune comme toutes les mottes de l'éteule.
Séduit que j’avais été par un tableau […] qui représentait une vue de la plaine de Fontenay-aux-Roses, avec des éteules pleines de lièvres et des luzernes pleines de perdrix.
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.