nucule
\ny.kyl\
The verdict
“nucule” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Akène doté d'une paroi particulièrement coriace.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nucule · nucule · French
nucule · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" 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 | nucule |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ny.kyl\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « nucule » en français
Rare enough to double-check
nucule is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ny.kyl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for nucule, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is nucule, spelled N-U-C-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1Akène doté d'une paroi particulièrement coriace.
- 2Chacun des petits noyaux d’un nuculaine.
- 3Genre de mollusques bivalves.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nucule appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La noisette est une nucule.
La nèfle contient cinq nucules.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.