tonnelle
\tɔ.nɛl\
The verdict
“tonnelle” is uncommon French (frequency #66,388 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,388
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Berceau de treillage couvert de verdure.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tonnelle · tonnelle · French
tonnelle · rank #66,388 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,388
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH tonitruant
Nearest frequency peer: tonitruant (-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 « tonnelle »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- titrait
titrait
33,617 corpus weight
- titrées
titrées
33,616 corpus weight
- TNP
TNP
33,615 corpus weight
- tonitruant
tonitruant
33,614 corpus weight
- tonnelle
tonnelle
33,613 corpus weight
- TPG
TPG
33,611 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « tonnelle » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tonnelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɔ.nɛl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #66,388 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tonnelle » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tonnelle is uncommon French at frequency #66,388 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɔ.nɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for tonnelle in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is tonnelle, spelled T-O-N-N-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Berceau de treillage couvert de verdure.
- 2Structure métallique accompagnée de bâches en plastique utilisée en extérieur.
- 3Ouverture voûtée qui communique avec l'intérieur d'un fourneau de fusion de verrerie.
- 4Filet en forme de tonneau ouvert, utilisé pour attraper des perdrix.
- 5Filet de pêche que l'on tend sur le bord des grèves.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tonnelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tenez, nous allons nous asseoir là-bas sous votre petite tonnelle.
Lorsque Bakounine eut fini sa toilette, nous sortîmes dans le jardin, où, sous une tonnelle, fut servi le déjeuner.
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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