serpent à sonnette
\sɛʁ.pɑ̃ a sɔ.nɛt\
The verdict
“serpent à sonnette” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vipère du genre biologique Crotalus (à l'exception des catalinensis) ou Sistrurus.
Corpus desk
Index FR-serpent-a-sonnette · serpent à sonnette · French
serpent à sonnette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | serpent à sonnette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɛʁ.pɑ̃ a sɔ.nɛt\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
serpent à sonnette is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɛʁ.pɑ̃ a sɔ.nɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vipère du genre biologique Crotalus (à l'exception des catalinensis) ou Sistrurus.".
No misspelling variants are generated for serpent à sonnette in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is serpent à sonnette, spelled S-E-R-P-E-N-T- -À- -S-O-N-N-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Vipère du genre biologique Crotalus (à l'exception des catalinensis) ou Sistrurus.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how serpent à sonnette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous n’avons pas de serpent à sonnettes par chez nous et le seul de l’espèce dite « tête de cuivre », que nous avons pu identifier, a été tué par mes soins sur-le-champ.
Lorsque Augustus sortit sous le porche, les cochons bleus étaient en train de manger un serpent à sonnette.
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.