Rudel
The verdict
“Rudel” is uncommon French (frequency #94,223 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,223
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rudel · Rudel · French
Rudel · rank #94,223 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,223
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH Ruanda
Nearest frequency peer: Ruanda (-1 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 « Rudel »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Rouy
Rouy
5,781 corpus weight
- royans
royans
5,780 corpus weight
- Ruanda
Ruanda
5,779 corpus weight
- Rudel
Rudel
5,778 corpus weight
- rufo
rufo
5,777 corpus weight
- ruisselant
ruisselant
5,776 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Rudel » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rudel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #94,223 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Rudel » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Rudel is uncommon French at frequency #94,223 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Rudel, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Rudel, spelled R-U-D-E-L.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Rudel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au XIIᵉ siècle, le troubadour Jaufré Rudel, prince de Blaye, lassé de sa vie de plaisirs, embarque pour l’Orient.
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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