pelote de réjection
\pə.lɔt də ʁe.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“pelote de réjection” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Agglutination de poils, d’os, et d’autres restes d’animaux non digérés, que dégurgitent certains oiseaux carnivores.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pelote-de-rejection · pelote de réjection · French
pelote de réjection · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 | pelote de réjection |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pə.lɔt də ʁe.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pelote de réjection » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pelote de réjection is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pə.lɔt də ʁe.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Agglutination de poils, d’os, et d’autres restes d’animaux non digérés, que dégurgitent certains oiseaux carnivores.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pelote de réjection, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 pelote de réjection, spelled P-E-L-O-T-E- -D-E- -R-É-J-E-C-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Agglutination de poils, d’os, et d’autres restes d’animaux non digérés, que dégurgitent certains oiseaux carnivores.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pelote de réjection appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les poils et les os non digestibles des petits mammifères forment une boulette qui porte le nom de pelote de réjection. Ces pelotes qui restent quelque temps dans l’estomac de l’oiseau sont ensuite régurgitées par le bec.
La seule solution est “le retour à l’envoyeur”, sous forme de pelotes de réjection constituées par des amas de matériaux des plus divers, agglomérés et enduits de mucus afin de faciliter leur progression à rebours, dans l’œsophage.
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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.