violoncelle

/\vjɔ.lɔ̃.sɛl\/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,601

in French word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

violoncelle is aFrenchnoun. It means: Gros violon, au registre des notes plus basses, que le musicien tient verticalement entre ses jambes, et dont il frotte les cordes avec un archet. Pronounced \vjɔ.lɔ̃.sɛl\.

Key facts for violoncelle
PropertyValue
Headwordvioloncelle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vjɔ.lɔ̃.sɛl\
Letters11
Frequency rank#20,601
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of violoncelle in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for violoncelle is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \vjɔ.lɔ̃.sɛl\. Corpus data places it at rank #20,601 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for violoncelle, with forms such as "ivoloncelle", "vilooncelle", and "violloncelle". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is violoncelle, spelled V-I-O-L-O-N-C-E-L-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gros violon, au registre des notes plus basses, que le musicien tient verticalement entre ses jambes, et dont il frotte les cordes avec un archet.
  2. 2
    Violoncelliste, celui ou celle qui joue de cet instrument.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ivoloncelle,vilooncelle,violloncelle,violnocelle,violocnelle,violonccelle,violoncele,violoncelel,violonclele,violoneclle,violonncelle,vioolncelle,voiloncelle,vvioloncelle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for violoncelle

Misspelling Variants of "violoncelle"

ivoloncelle11vilooncelle11violloncelle12violnocelle11violocnelle11violonccelle12violoncele10violoncelel11
Misspelling Variants of "violoncelle"

Frequency rank: #20,601 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "violoncelle"?
"violoncelle" is spelled V-I-O-L-O-N-C-E-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vjɔ.lɔ̃.sɛl\.
What does "violoncelle" mean?
As a noun, "violoncelle" means: Gros violon, au registre des notes plus basses, que le musicien tient verticalement entre ses jambes, et dont il frotte les cordes avec un archet.
What are common misspellings of "violoncelle"?
Common misspellings include "ivoloncelle", "vilooncelle", "violloncelle", "violnocelle", "violocnelle". The correct spelling is "violoncelle".
How do you pronounce "violoncelle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "violoncelle" is \vjɔ.lɔ̃.sɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "violoncelle" come from?
"violoncelle" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.