vérité de La Palisse

\ve.ʁi.te də la pa.lis\

/\ve.ʁi.te də la pa.lis\/ noun

The verdict

“vérité de La Palisse” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
20
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lapalissade

Key facts for vérité de La Palisse
PropertyValue
Headwordvérité de La Palisse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ve.ʁi.te də la pa.lis\
Letters20
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “vérité de La Palisse” sits in French frequency

vérité de La Palisse falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for vérité de La Palisse is 20 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ve.ʁi.te də la pa.lis\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Lapalissade".

vérité de La Palisse doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is vérité de La Palisse, spelled V-É-R-I-T-É- -D-E- -L-A- -P-A-L-I-S-S-E.

Definition

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    Lapalissade

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vérité de La Palisse"?
"vérité de La Palisse" is spelled V-É-R-I-T-É- -D-E- -L-A- -P-A-L-I-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ve.ʁi.te də la pa.lis\.
What does "vérité de La Palisse" mean?
As a noun, "vérité de La Palisse" means: Lapalissade
How do you pronounce "vérité de La Palisse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vérité de La Palisse" is \ve.ʁi.te də la pa.lis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vérité de La Palisse" come from?
"vérité de La Palisse" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “vérité de La Palisse”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is V-É-R-I-T-É- -D-E- -L-A- -P-A-L-I-S-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ve.ʁi.te də la pa.lis\ (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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list