stalle
\stal\
The verdict
“stalle” is an uncommon French word, ranked #72,758 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #72,758
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Chacun des sièges de bois qui, dans les églises, sont autour du chœur et sur lesquels sont assis les chanoines, les religieux, etc.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stalle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \stal\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #72,758 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “stalle” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for stalle is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \stal\. Corpus data places it at rank #72,758 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
stalle has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is stalle, spelled S-T-A-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Chacun des sièges de bois qui, dans les églises, sont autour du chœur et sur lesquels sont assis les chanoines, les religieux, etc.
- 2Siège de théâtre.
- 3Espace limité par des cloisons, qui est réservé à un animal dans un élevage, tel un cheval dans une écurie ou une vache laitière dans une salle de traite.
- 4Stalle de départ.
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.
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Using “stalle”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-T-A-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \stal\ (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.