squale
\skwal\
The verdict
“squale” is uncommon French (frequency #64,793 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,793
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Désigne certains requins de l'ordre des squaliformes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-squale · squale · French
squale · rank #64,793 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,793
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH splendid
Nearest frequency peer: splendid (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « squale »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- socioprofes…
socioprofessionnelles
35,212 corpus weight
- sorbier
sorbier
35,211 corpus weight
- Spinelli
Spinelli
35,210 corpus weight
- splendid
splendid
35,209 corpus weight
- squale
squale
35,208 corpus weight
- standardiste
standardiste
35,206 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « squale » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | squale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \skwal\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #64,793 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « squale » en français
Rare enough to double-check
squale is uncommon French at frequency #64,793 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \skwal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
squale doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is squale, spelled S-Q-U-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Désigne certains requins de l'ordre des squaliformes.
- 2Requin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how squale appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les matelots halèrent le monstrueux squale au moyen d’un palan frappé à l’extrémité de la grande vergue.
Dans la nuit du 27 au 28 décembre, le patron du bateau le Saint-André, de Nice, a capturé, au moyen du palangre, quatre moines ou monges, squales de la famille des requins : deux de 3m,50 de long, et deux de 2m,50.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "squale"?
What does "squale" mean?
How do you pronounce "squale"?
What language does "squale" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "squale", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).