patelle
\pa.tɛl\
The verdict
“patelle” 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) - Mollusque gastéropode prosobranche qui vit dans la zone de balancement des marées dont la coquille, en forme de chapeau chinois, est appliquée aux rochers.
Corpus desk
Index FR-patelle · patelle · French
patelle · 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 "P" 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 | patelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pa.tɛl\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
patelle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pa.tɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mollusque gastéropode prosobranche qui vit dans la zone de balancement des marées dont la coquille, en forme de chapeau chinois, est appliquée aux rochers.".
No misspelling variants are generated for patelle in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is patelle, spelled P-A-T-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Mollusque gastéropode prosobranche qui vit dans la zone de balancement des marées dont la coquille, en forme de chapeau chinois, est appliquée aux rochers.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how patelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les enfans détachent du rocher les patelles, les turbos, les buccins, espèces de colimaçons de mer, les haliotides à l'écaille nacrée, ou les moules réunies en grappes à l'aide des fils tissés par l'animal.
On privilégiera les abords de la Cotinière, sur Oléron, pour les étrilles, les oursins, les bigorneaux et les patelles.
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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.