rosalie des Alpes

\ʁɔ.za.li de.z‿alp\

/\ʁɔ.za.li de.z‿alp\/ noun

The verdict

“rosalie des Alpes” 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
17
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According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Insecte longicorne, coléoptère au corps relativement long (18–38 mm), étroit, aplati, gris-bleu avec des taches noires sur les élytres et de très longues antennes bleues.

Key facts for rosalie des Alpes
PropertyValue
Headwordrosalie des Alpes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁɔ.za.li de.z‿alp\
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “rosalie des Alpes” sits in French frequency

rosalie des Alpes falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for rosalie des Alpes is 17 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁɔ.za.li de.z‿alp\. 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: "Insecte longicorne, coléoptère au corps relativement long (18–38 mm), étroit, aplati, gris-bleu avec des taches noires sur les élytres et de très longues antennes bleues.".

No misspelling variants are generated for rosalie des Alpes in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is rosalie des Alpes, spelled R-O-S-A-L-I-E- -D-E-S- -A-L-P-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Insecte longicorne, coléoptère au corps relativement long (18–38 mm), étroit, aplati, gris-bleu avec des taches noires sur les élytres et de très longues antennes bleues.

Synonyms

rosalie alpine

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rosalie des Alpes"?
"rosalie des Alpes" is spelled R-O-S-A-L-I-E- -D-E-S- -A-L-P-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɔ.za.li de.z‿alp\.
What does "rosalie des Alpes" mean?
As a noun, "rosalie des Alpes" means: Insecte longicorne, coléoptère au corps relativement long (18–38 mm), étroit, aplati, gris-bleu avec des taches noires sur les élytres et de très longues antennes bleues.
How do you pronounce "rosalie des Alpes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rosalie des Alpes" is \ʁɔ.za.li de.z‿alp\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “rosalie des Alpes”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is R-O-S-A-L-I-E- -D-E-S- -A-L-P-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ʁɔ.za.li de.z‿alp\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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