lamelle
\la.mɛl\
The verdict
“lamelle” is uncommon French (frequency #67,647 among 128,088 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,647
- frequency rank, French
- 128,088
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Petite lame.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lamelle · lamelle · French
lamelle · rank #67,647 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,647
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 128,088
- PHOTO-FINISH Laeticia
Nearest frequency peer: Laeticia (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “lamelle”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- laboureurs
laboureurs
32,357 corpus weight
- Laeticia
Laeticia
32,355 corpus weight
- lamelle
lamelle
32,354 corpus weight
- lancerai
lancerai
32,352 corpus weight
- languedocien
languedocien
32,351 corpus weight
- lardon
lardon
32,350 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “lamelle” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lamelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \la.mɛl\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #67,647 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lamelle” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
lamelle is uncommon French at frequency #67,647 among 128,088 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \la.mɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for lamelle, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 lamelle, spelled L-A-M-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Petite lame.
- 2Petite lame de verre, peu épaisse, qui sert à recouvrir les objets d’une observation au microscope.
- 3Petite lame, chez les champignons, qui n’atteint pas le pied.
- 4Appendice pétaloïde se trouvant à la gorge de certaines corolles dialypétales ou gamopétales.
- 5Feuillet (partie du limbe foliaire) chlorophyllien.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.