spiracle
The verdict
“spiracle” 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 May 6, 2026) - Orifice respiratoire au niveau de la peau chez certains animaux.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | spiracle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “spiracle” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
spiracle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
spiracle doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is spiracle, spelled S-P-I-R-A-C-L-E.
Definition
- 1Orifice respiratoire au niveau de la peau chez certains animaux.
- 2Évent, première fente branchiale vestigiale, située derrière l’œil du requin ou de la raie.
Synonyms
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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 “spiracle”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-P-I-R-A-C-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.