reine-claude
\ʁɛn.klod\
The verdict
“reine-claude” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variété de prune d’un vert tirant sur le jaune produite par certains pruniers (Prunus domestica subsp. domestica groupe reine-claude).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reine-claude |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁɛn.klod\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “reine-claude” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for reine-claude is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁɛn.klod\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Variété de prune d’un vert tirant sur le jaune produite par certains pruniers (Prunus domestica subsp. domestica groupe reine-claude).".
No generated misspelling entries exist for reine-claude in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 reine-claude, spelled R-E-I-N-E---C-L-A-U-D-E.
Definition
- 1Variété de prune d’un vert tirant sur le jaune produite par certains pruniers (Prunus domestica subsp. domestica groupe reine-claude).
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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.
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Using “reine-claude”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-E-I-N-E---C-L-A-U-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁɛn.klod\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.