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 uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
20
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lapalissade

Corpus desk

Index FR-verite-de-la-palisse · vérité de La Palisse · French

vérité de La Palisse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 20 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.

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)

Longue queue: rang de « vérité de La Palisse » en français

vérité de La Palissereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

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

Rare enough to double-check

vérité de La Palisse 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".

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

  1. 1
    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?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list