libellules
\li.bɛ.lyl\
The verdict
“libellules” is uncommon French (frequency #56,718 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,718
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de libellule.
Corpus desk
Index FR-libellules · libellules · French
libellules · rank #56,718 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,718
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH Ligny
Nearest frequency peer: Ligny (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « libellules »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Langlais
Langlais
43,288 corpus weight
- Lavalette
Lavalette
43,287 corpus weight
- libellules
libellules
43,283 corpus weight
- Ligny
Ligny
43,282 corpus weight
- Linz
Linz
43,280 corpus weight
- liquéfaction
liquéfaction
43,279 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « libellules » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | libellules |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \li.bɛ.lyl\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #56,718 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « libellules » en français
Rare enough to double-check
libellules is uncommon French at frequency #56,718 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \li.bɛ.lyl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de libellule.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for libellules in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is libellules, spelled L-I-B-E-L-L-U-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de libellule.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how libellules appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Partout des gazes blanches ou peintes comme les ailes des plus jolies libellules, des crêpes, des dentelles, des blondes, des tulles variés comme les fantaisies de la nature entomologique, découpés, ondés, dentelés, des fils d’aranéide en or, en argent, des brouillards de soie, des fleurs brodées par les fées ou fleuries par des génies emprisonnés, des pl…
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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