souquenille
\suk.nij\
The verdict
“souquenille” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Long vêtement fait de grosse toile, que prenaient les cochers et les palefreniers pour s’en couvrir quand ils pansaient les chevaux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-souquenille · souquenille · French
souquenille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | souquenille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \suk.nij\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
souquenille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \suk.nij\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for souquenille, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is souquenille, spelled S-O-U-Q-U-E-N-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Long vêtement fait de grosse toile, que prenaient les cochers et les palefreniers pour s’en couvrir quand ils pansaient les chevaux.
- 2Mauvais vêtement, guenille, loque.
- 3Vêtement du clown paillasse.
- 4Lévite.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how souquenille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quitterons-nous nos souquenilles, monsieur ?
Voulez-vous gager que je l'épouse avec la casaque sur le corps, avec une souquenille si vous me fâchez ?
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.