fenouillette
\fə.nu.jɛt\
The verdict
“fenouillette” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de fenouillet (variété de pomme).
Corpus desk
Index FR-fenouillette · fenouillette · French
fenouillette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | fenouillette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fə.nu.jɛt\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
fenouillette is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fə.nu.jɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fenouillette, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is fenouillette, spelled F-E-N-O-U-I-L-L-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Variante de fenouillet (variété de pomme).
- 2Eau de vie de graine de fenouil.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fenouillette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les dévotes ne prenaient jamais de fenouillette, dit Mme de Sévigné.
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.