pédicelle
\pe.di.sɛl\
The verdict
“pédicelle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ramification du pédoncule supportant directement la fleur ou pédoncule très court.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pedicelle · pédicelle · French
pédicelle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | pédicelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pe.di.sɛl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
pédicelle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pe.di.sɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ramification du pédoncule supportant directement la fleur ou pédoncule très court.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pédicelle, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is pédicelle, spelled P-É-D-I-C-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Ramification du pédoncule supportant directement la fleur ou pédoncule très court.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pédicelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’éclatement du fruit (« shattering habit ») prend deux formes chez le sarrasin : un pédicelle cassant et un pédicelle faible. Le pédicelle cassant est observé chez le sarrasin sauvage mais pas chez le sarrasin cultivé.
This word in other languages
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.