girolle
\ʒi.ʁɔl\
The verdict
“girolle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espèce de champignons à plis lamelliformes, au chapeau convexe, s’aplatissant, puis en entonnoir, jaune plus ou moins orangé, au pied sans anneau, concolore et aux spores jaune pâle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-girolle · girolle · French
girolle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | girolle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒi.ʁɔl\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
girolle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒi.ʁɔl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for girolle in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is girolle, spelled G-I-R-O-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Espèce de champignons à plis lamelliformes, au chapeau convexe, s’aplatissant, puis en entonnoir, jaune plus ou moins orangé, au pied sans anneau, concolore et aux spores jaune pâle.
- 2Ustensile servant à racler des lamelles de tête de moine (fromage suisse) ou des fromages de forme cylindrique à pâte dure comme certains fromages basques.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how girolle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Avec une fierté évidente, elle déposa au centre de la table un long plat de faïence ovale et courut à la cuisine chercher une casserolette de cuivre dans laquelle mijotaient des girolles à la crème.
El Mouria, c’est toute la forêt : il en connaît tous les sentiers, à des lieues, les cantons à muguet, les champs de myrtilles, les placers de girolles, de pieds rouges, de charbonniers.
This word in other languages
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.