sittelle
\si.tɛl\
The verdict
“sittelle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Passereau grimpeur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sittelle · sittelle · French
sittelle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | sittelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \si.tɛl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sittelle » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sittelle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \si.tɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Passereau grimpeur.".
sittelle doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is sittelle, spelled S-I-T-T-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Passereau grimpeur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sittelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Des sittelles, oiseaux rapides de couleur marron moucheté, se posaient tout en biais au bout des branches chargées d’aiguilles, parfois le bec en bas et la queue en l’air,pour becqueter pignes et chenilles.
Comme les mésanges, la sittelle travaille sans relâche.
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.