spath perlé
\spat pɛʁ.le\
The verdict
“spath perlé” 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
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Synonyme de dolomite.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | spath perlé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \spat pɛʁ.le\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “spath perlé” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for spath perlé is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \spat pɛʁ.le\. 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: "Synonyme de dolomite.".
Zero misspellings are on record for spath perlé in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 spath perlé, spelled S-P-A-T-H- -P-E-R-L-É.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de dolomite.
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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Using “spath perlé”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-P-A-T-H- -P-E-R-L-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \spat pɛʁ.le\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.