vérité de La Palice
\ve.ʁi.te də la pa.lis\
The verdict
“vérité de La Palice” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lapalissade.
Corpus desk
Index FR-verite-de-la-palice · vérité de La Palice · French
vérité de La Palice · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" 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 | vérité de La Palice |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ve.ʁi.te də la pa.lis\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
vérité de La Palice is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ve.ʁi.te də la pa.lis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lapalissade.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for vérité de La Palice in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is vérité de La Palice, spelled V-É-R-I-T-É- -D-E- -L-A- -P-A-L-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1Lapalissade.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how vérité de La Palice appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C'est là, il est vrai, une vérité de La Palice ; mais, comme elle a été constamment perdue de vue dans toutes nos expéditions étrangères (celle d'Algérie, en 1830, exceptée), il n'est pas oiseux de la mettre en évidence.
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.