pyrale
\pi.ʁal\
The verdict
“pyrale” is uncommon French (frequency #79,653 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,653
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Papillon de nuit appartenant à plusieurs espèces des familles des pyralidés ou des crambidés, ravageur des cultures.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pyrale · pyrale · French
pyrale · rank #79,653 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,653
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH Péruviennes
Nearest frequency peer: Péruviennes (+2 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « pyrale »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- préoccupées
préoccupées
20,353 corpus weight
- psychosocia…
psychosociale
20,352 corpus weight
- publieront
publieront
20,351 corpus weight
- pyrale
pyrale
20,348 corpus weight
- Péruviennes
Péruviennes
20,346 corpus weight
- pétainiste
pétainiste
20,345 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pyrale » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pyrale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pi.ʁal\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #79,653 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pyrale » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pyrale is uncommon French at frequency #79,653 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pi.ʁal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Papillon de nuit appartenant à plusieurs espèces des familles des pyralidés ou des crambidés, ravageur des cultures.".
Zero misspellings are on record for pyrale in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is pyrale, spelled P-Y-R-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Papillon de nuit appartenant à plusieurs espèces des familles des pyralidés ou des crambidés, ravageur des cultures.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pyrale appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La Société centrale d'agriculture de l'Hérault a étudié l'application rationnelle du papillonnage pour détruire en été les phalènes de la cochylis et de la pyrale, au moyen de pièges lumineux ; […].
Aptères ou ailés sont combattus par pulvérisations de Dénéton, Méthyl, Méthonyl à base de Parathion ou bien Diméfox appliqué au pied du houblon contre la pyrale du maïs.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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