sturnelle
\styʁ.nɛl\
The verdict
“sturnelle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom donné à plusieurs espèces de passereaux américains, appartenant au genre Sturnella ou au genre Leistes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sturnelle · sturnelle · French
sturnelle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sturnelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \styʁ.nɛl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sturnelle » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sturnelle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \styʁ.nɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom donné à plusieurs espèces de passereaux américains, appartenant au genre Sturnella ou au genre Leistes.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sturnelle, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is sturnelle, spelled S-T-U-R-N-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Nom donné à plusieurs espèces de passereaux américains, appartenant au genre Sturnella ou au genre Leistes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sturnelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Or, le cri de la sturnelle n’offre pas là le caractère d’un signal ; c’est un langage véritable : « Nombreuses sont les paroles de la sturnelle que peut comprendre l’Indien » , disent les Oglala Dakota.
Nul doute, toutefois, que comme certains oiseaux, tels les vachers ou les sturnelles, la richesse des motifs musicaux doit avoir apporté un avantage évolutif.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.