fromentelle
\fʁɔ.mɑ̃.tɛl\
The verdict
“fromentelle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Un des multiples noms vernaculaires de la mélampyre des champs.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fromentelle · fromentelle · French
fromentelle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | fromentelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fʁɔ.mɑ̃.tɛl\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
fromentelle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fʁɔ.mɑ̃.tɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fromentelle, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is fromentelle, spelled F-R-O-M-E-N-T-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Un des multiples noms vernaculaires de la mélampyre des champs.
- 2Sorte de calcaire compact.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fromentelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le blé de seconde qualité est encore fort beau, d’un grain égal, quoique encore mêlé de quelques grains de nielle (agrosthema githago) et de mélampyre ou blé de vache, que nos cultivateurs appellent fromentelle, et les boulangers rougeole, parce qu’une très-petite quantité de cette semence suffit pour donner au pain une teinte bleue-rougeâtre très-foncée […]
La fromentelle est un calcaire jaunâtre, très-dur, coquillier, passant presque à la lumachelle. Les coquilles y sont tellement agrégées qu’il n’est guère possible d’en déterminer même le genre.
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.