oreillu
\ɔ.ʁɛ.jy\
The verdict
“oreillu” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Qui a de grandes oreilles, oreillard.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oreillu · oreillu · French
oreillu · 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 | oreillu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɔ.ʁɛ.jy\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « oreillu » en français
Rare enough to double-check
oreillu is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɔ.ʁɛ.jy\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui a de grandes oreilles, oreillard.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for oreillu in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is oreillu, spelled O-R-E-I-L-L-U.
Definition
- 1Qui a de grandes oreilles, oreillard.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how oreillu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Martin est un vocable individuel qui a aussi été donné au singe et à l’âne, souvent nommé Martin l’Oreillu.
Le prince de Navarre est appelé à supporter le royaume de France à la façon dont Atlas supportait le monde. Il est un roi né comme le lièvre est « oreillu » et le bouc « barbu », comme la sirène a « le sein poissonneux » (CG-Naxos) : « Le roux est sa couleur, le roux-gris du lichen et du geai, le roux-fauve de la paille et de l’isard. Par-dessus tout lièv…
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.