ordalie
\ɔʁ.da.li\
The verdict
“ordalie” 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) - Épreuve, allant jusqu’à la torture, usitée au Moyen Âge comme preuve en justice.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ordalie · ordalie · French
ordalie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | ordalie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔʁ.da.li\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ordalie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ordalie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔʁ.da.li\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Épreuve, allant jusqu’à la torture, usitée au Moyen Âge comme preuve en justice.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ordalie, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ordalie, spelled O-R-D-A-L-I-E.
Definition
- 1Épreuve, allant jusqu’à la torture, usitée au Moyen Âge comme preuve en justice.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ordalie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quant à l’hypothèse, sous-introduite au moyen âge, qui tendrait à faire de la guerre, à la façon de l’ordalie ou combat judiciaire, une manifestation de la volonté du ciel, il va sans dire que Grotius et ses successeurs la rejettent.
Divination par l’entraille et le souffle et la palpitation du souffle ! Divination par l’eau du ciel et l’ordalie des fleuves…
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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.