velle
\vɛl\
The verdict
“velle” is uncommon French (frequency #83,479 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,479
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Veau femelle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-velle · velle · French
velle · rank #83,479 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,479
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH venelles
Nearest frequency peer: venelles (+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 « velle »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- validations
validations
16,525 corpus weight
- valorisante
valorisante
16,524 corpus weight
- velle
velle
16,522 corpus weight
- venelles
venelles
16,521 corpus weight
- venimeuses
venimeuses
16,520 corpus weight
- venne
venne
16,519 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « velle » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | velle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vɛl\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #83,479 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « velle » en français
Rare enough to double-check
velle is uncommon French at frequency #83,479 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \vɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Veau femelle.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for velle, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is velle, spelled V-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Veau femelle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how velle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Voici quelques exemples de ces conventions: 1º Adoption par le cultivateur N... d’une velle qu’il se charge d’élever jusqu’au moment où elle sera près de mettre bas, alors estimation et partage entre le prêteur et le dit N. […]. 2º Adoption d’une velle à élever et à garder jusqu’au second part, si le premier veau est mâle il est vendu et le prix partagé,…
Des palpations rectales régulières ont été effectuées pour estimer le niveau de développement des organes génitaux des velles.
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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