hirondelles

/^((h muet))\i.ʁɔ̃.dɛl\/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#35,081

in French word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

hirondelles is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pluriel de hirondelle. Pronounced ^((h muet))\i.ʁɔ̃.dɛl\. Often confused with hirondelle.

Key facts for hirondelles
PropertyValue
Headwordhirondelles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA^((h muet))\i.ʁɔ̃.dɛl\
Letters11
Frequency rank#35,081
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of hirondelles in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for hirondelles is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as ^((h muet))\i.ʁɔ̃.dɛl\. Corpus data places it at rank #35,081 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de hirondelle.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for hirondelles, with forms such as "hhirondelles", "hiorndelles", and "hirnodelles". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "hirondelle", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is hirondelles, spelled H-I-R-O-N-D-E-L-L-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de hirondelle.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hhirondelles,hiorndelles,hirnodelles,hirodnelles,hironddelles,hirondelels,hirondeles,hirondelless,hirondellse,hirondleles,hironedlles,hironndelles,hirrondelles,hriondelles,ihrondelles

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for hirondelles

Misspelling Variants of "hirondelles"

hhirondelles12hiorndelles11hirnodelles11hirodnelles11hironddelles12hirondelels11hirondeles10hirondelless12
Misspelling Variants of "hirondelles"

Frequency rank: #35,081 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hirondelles"?
"hirondelles" is spelled H-I-R-O-N-D-E-L-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h muet))\i.ʁɔ̃.dɛl\.
What does "hirondelles" mean?
As a noun, "hirondelles" means: Pluriel de hirondelle.
What words are commonly confused with "hirondelles"?
"hirondelles" is commonly confused with "hirondelle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hirondelles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hirondelles" is ^((h muet))\i.ʁɔ̃.dɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hirondelles" come from?
"hirondelles" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.