verveine citronnelle
\vɛʁ.vɛn si.tʁɔ.nɛl\
The verdict
“verveine citronnelle” 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) - Plante à usage culinaire ou médicinal dont les feuilles ont un parfum de citron — Aloysia citriodora ^(Paláu - 1784).
Corpus desk
Index FR-verveine-citronnelle · verveine citronnelle · French
verveine citronnelle · 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verveine citronnelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vɛʁ.vɛn si.tʁɔ.nɛl\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
verveine citronnelle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \vɛʁ.vɛn si.tʁɔ.nɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plante à usage culinaire ou médicinal dont les feuilles ont un parfum de citron — Aloysia citriodora ^(Paláu - 1784).".
verveine citronnelle doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is verveine citronnelle, spelled V-E-R-V-E-I-N-E- -C-I-T-R-O-N-N-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Plante à usage culinaire ou médicinal dont les feuilles ont un parfum de citron — Aloysia citriodora ^(Paláu - 1784).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verveine citronnelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ma mère fleurait la cretonne lavée, le fer à repasser chauffé sur la braise de peuplier, la feuille de verveine citronnelle qu’elle roulait dans ses mains ou froissait dans sa poche.
Et la feuille de verveine citronnelle fraîche mêlée à l’eau, au vinaigre de vin blanc et au savon liquide rendra vos carreaux brillants et éclatants de fraîcheur.
Synonyms
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.