rondelet
\ʁɔ̃d.lɛ\
The verdict
“rondelet” is uncommon French (frequency #87,109 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,109
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est assez rond ; qui a un peu d’embonpoint.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rondelet · rondelet · French
rondelet · rank #87,109 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,109
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH roku
Nearest frequency peer: roku (-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 « rondelet »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Ripert
Ripert
12,895 corpus weight
- roku
roku
12,894 corpus weight
- rondelet
rondelet
12,892 corpus weight
- roquelaure
roquelaure
12,890 corpus weight
- rougissant
rougissant
12,889 corpus weight
- roussâtre
roussâtre
12,888 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « rondelet » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rondelet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁɔ̃d.lɛ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #87,109 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rondelet » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rondelet is uncommon French at frequency #87,109 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁɔ̃d.lɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
rondelet doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is rondelet, spelled R-O-N-D-E-L-E-T.
Definition
- 1Qui est assez rond ; qui a un peu d’embonpoint.
- 2Qui est bien garni, ou de taille importante.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rondelet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En face de nous un petit monsieur rondelet picorait avec vigilance dans son assiette et lia conversation dès le potage.
Au physique, M. Jules Simon est un petit homme rondelet ; il est du nombre de ces philanthropes que l’étude des misères sociales engraisse.
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); 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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