myrtille

/\miʁ.tij\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#42,476

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

myrtille is aFrenchnoun. It means: Sous-arbrisseau de la famille des Éricacées du genre Vaccinium portant des feuilles caduques ovales et finement dentelées formant de vastes populations en sous-bois ou en pleine lumière en compagni... Pronounced \miʁ.tij\. Often confused with myrtilles and mortelle.

Key facts for myrtille
PropertyValue
Headwordmyrtille
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\miʁ.tij\
Letters8
Frequency rank#42,476
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for myrtille is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \miʁ.tij\. Corpus data places it at rank #42,476 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for myrtille, with forms such as "mmyrtille", "mrytille", and "myritlle". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "myrtilles", "mortelle", "muraille", and more, 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 myrtille, spelled M-Y-R-T-I-L-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sous-arbrisseau de la famille des Éricacées du genre Vaccinium portant des feuilles caduques ovales et finement dentelées formant de vastes populations en sous-bois ou en pleine lumière en compagnie des bruyères dans les montagnes siliceuses de l’hémisphère nord.
  2. 2
    Fruit de cet arbrisseau qui est une petite baie globuleuse bleue noirâtre une fois mûre, tachant les mains et ayant un goût doux et sucré.
  3. 3
    Désigne le sous-abrisseau et le fruit de l’espèce Vaccium myrtillus.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmyrtille,mrytille,myritlle,myrrtille,myrtile,myrtilel,myrtlile,myrttille,mytrille,myyrtille,ymrtille

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for myrtille

Misspelling Variants of "myrtille"

mmyrtille9mrytille8myritlle8myrrtille9myrtile7myrtilel8myrtlile8myrttille9
Misspelling Variants of "myrtille"

Frequency rank: #42,476 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "myrtille"?
"myrtille" is spelled M-Y-R-T-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \miʁ.tij\.
What does "myrtille" mean?
As a noun, "myrtille" means: Sous-arbrisseau de la famille des Éricacées du genre Vaccinium portant des feuilles caduques ovales et finement dentelées formant de vastes populations en sous-bois ou en pleine lumière en compagni...
What words are commonly confused with "myrtille"?
"myrtille" is commonly confused with "myrtilles", "mortelle", "muraille". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "myrtille"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "myrtille" is \miʁ.tij\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "myrtille" come from?
"myrtille" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.