lys des vallées
\lis de va.le\
The verdict
“lys des vallées” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Un des noms du muguet (Convallaria majalis).
Corpus desk
Index FR-lys-des-vallees · lys des vallées · French
lys des vallées · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | lys des vallées |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lis de va.le\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
lys des vallées is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \lis de va.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Un des noms du muguet (Convallaria majalis).".
No misspelling variants are generated for lys des vallées in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is lys des vallées, spelled L-Y-S- -D-E-S- -V-A-L-L-É-E-S.
Definition
- 1Un des noms du muguet (Convallaria majalis).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lys des vallées appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En outre, dans Falthurne (vers 1820), Balzac avait déjà employé l'expression qui figure dans Le Cantique des cantiques («Je suis la fleur des champs, le lys des vallées»)
Le lys des vallées, dont les blanches clochettes, agitées au moindre souffle, répandent une odeur délicieuse.
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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.