violoncelles
\vjɔ.lɔ̃.sɛl\
The verdict
“violoncelles” is uncommon French (frequency #73,643 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,643
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de violoncelle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-violoncelles · violoncelles · French
violoncelles · rank #73,643 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,643
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH Vinicius
Nearest frequency peer: Vinicius (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « violoncelles »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- vidame
vidame
26,360 corpus weight
- Vinicius
Vinicius
26,359 corpus weight
- violoncelles
violoncelles
26,358 corpus weight
- vitrier
vitrier
26,357 corpus weight
- voyagiste
voyagiste
26,356 corpus weight
- Voynet
Voynet
26,355 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « violoncelles » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | violoncelles |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vjɔ.lɔ̃.sɛl\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #73,643 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « violoncelles » en français
Rare enough to double-check
violoncelles is uncommon French at frequency #73,643 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \vjɔ.lɔ̃.sɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de violoncelle.".
No misspelling variants are generated for violoncelles in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 violoncelles, spelled V-I-O-L-O-N-C-E-L-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de violoncelle.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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