lenticule
\lɑ̃.ti.kyl\
The verdict
“lenticule” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite lentille d’eau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lenticule · lenticule · French
lenticule · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | lenticule |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɑ̃.ti.kyl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lenticule » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lenticule is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \lɑ̃.ti.kyl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Petite lentille d’eau.".
lenticule doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is lenticule, spelled L-E-N-T-I-C-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1Petite lentille d’eau.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lenticule appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les murs de la maison et la surface aquatique subissent tous deux les assauts d’un végétal prédateur : respectivement, un lierre, une lenticule proliférante, l’Anseria Slimatica.
Une partie des étangs est recouverte d’un soyeux tapis vert composé de lenticules mineures, où l’on est assuré de voir des canards se nourrir.
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.