yearling
\jœʁ.liŋ\
The verdict
“yearling” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cheval pur-sang âgé entre un et deux ans.
Corpus desk
Index FR-yearling · yearling · French
yearling · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Y" 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 | yearling |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \jœʁ.liŋ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « yearling » en français
Rare enough to double-check
yearling is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \jœʁ.liŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
yearling has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is yearling, spelled Y-E-A-R-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Cheval pur-sang âgé entre un et deux ans.
- 2Poulain de n’importe quelle race âgé d’un an.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how yearling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ses produits font s'envoler les enchères, à l’image d'un yearling vendu 11,7 millions de dollars en 2006.
This word in other languages
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.