ombelle
\ɔ̃.bɛl\
The verdict
“ombelle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inflorescence où tous les pédicelles sont attachés au même point de la tige et toutes les fleurs s’élèvent au même niveau selon une surface sphérique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ombelle · ombelle · French
ombelle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" 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 | ombelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ̃.bɛl\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
ombelle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔ̃.bɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Inflorescence où tous les pédicelles sont attachés au même point de la tige et toutes les fleurs s’élèvent au même niveau selon une surface sphérique.".
ombelle has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 ombelle, spelled O-M-B-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Inflorescence où tous les pédicelles sont attachés au même point de la tige et toutes les fleurs s’élèvent au même niveau selon une surface sphérique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ombelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’ombelle peut ressembler à une corymbe mais dans celle-ci, les pédoncules naissent de différents points de la tige.
Le panais, le sureau, le cerfeuil ont leurs fleurs en ombelle.
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.