spatule blanche
\spa.tyl blɑ̃ʃ\
The verdict
“spatule blanche” 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
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Espèce d'oiseau échassier de la famille des threskiornithidés, à long bec en forme de spatule, au plumage blanc.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | spatule blanche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \spa.tyl blɑ̃ʃ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “spatule blanche” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for spatule blanche is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \spa.tyl blɑ̃ʃ\. 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: "Espèce d'oiseau échassier de la famille des threskiornithidés, à long bec en forme de spatule, au plumage blanc.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for spatule blanche, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is spatule blanche, spelled S-P-A-T-U-L-E- -B-L-A-N-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Espèce d'oiseau échassier de la famille des threskiornithidés, à long bec en forme de spatule, au plumage blanc.
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- The one correct French spelling is S-P-A-T-U-L-E- -B-L-A-N-C-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.