pommelle
\pɔ.mɛl\
The verdict
“pommelle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Originellement, table de plomb battue en rond et percée de petits trous, qu’on met à l’entrée d’un tuyau ou d'une canalisation (drain, gouttière…), pour empêcher les détritus de passer ou prévenir ...
Corpus desk
Index FR-pommelle · pommelle · French
pommelle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | pommelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔ.mɛl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pommelle » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pommelle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔ.mɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for pommelle in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pommelle, spelled P-O-M-M-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Originellement, table de plomb battue en rond et percée de petits trous, qu’on met à l’entrée d’un tuyau ou d'une canalisation (drain, gouttière…), pour empêcher les détritus de passer ou prévenir leur obstruction (piscine…) ou, par extension, filtre plat (rondelle) de même fonction.
- 2Coin en bois de chêne utilisé, autrefois, par les carriers.
Synonyms
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.