operculé
\ɔ.pɛʁ.ky.le\
The verdict
“operculé” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est muni d’un opercule.
Corpus desk
Index FR-opercule · operculé · French
operculé · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | operculé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɔ.pɛʁ.ky.le\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « operculé » en français
Rare enough to double-check
operculé is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɔ.pɛʁ.ky.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est muni d’un opercule.".
operculé has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is operculé, spelled O-P-E-R-C-U-L-É.
Definition
- 1Qui est muni d’un opercule.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how operculé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Coquillage operculé.
L’urne des mousses est operculée.
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.