oreille interne
\ɔ.ʁɛ.j‿ɛ̃.tɛʁn\
The verdict
“oreille interne” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partie interne de l’oreille des mammifères, qui contient non seulement l’organe de l’ouïe, la cochlée ou limaçon, reliée au nerf auditif, mais aussi le système vestibulaire.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oreille interne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ.ʁɛ.j‿ɛ̃.tɛʁn\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “oreille interne” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
oreille interne is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔ.ʁɛ.j‿ɛ̃.tɛʁn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partie interne de l’oreille des mammifères, qui contient non seulement l’organe de l’ouïe, la cochlée ou limaçon, reliée au nerf auditif, mais aussi le système vestibulaire.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for oreille interne, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is oreille interne, spelled O-R-E-I-L-L-E- -I-N-T-E-R-N-E.
Definition
- 1Partie interne de l’oreille des mammifères, qui contient non seulement l’organe de l’ouïe, la cochlée ou limaçon, reliée au nerf auditif, mais aussi le système vestibulaire.
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- The one correct French spelling is O-R-E-I-L-L-E- -I-N-T-E-R-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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