Fructidor
/ˈfɹʊktɪdɔː/
"fructidor" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Fructidor” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a proper noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The twelfth and final month of the French Republican Calendar, from August 18 or 19 to September 16 or 17.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fructidor |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈfɹʊktɪdɔː/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Fructidor” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Fructidor is 9 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈfɹʊktɪdɔː/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "The twelfth and final month of the French Republican Calendar, from August 18 or 19 to September 16 or 17.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Fructidor in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French fructidor, from Latin fructus (“fruit”) + Ancient Greek δῶρον (dôron, “gift”). The correct English form is Fructidor, spelled F-R-U-C-T-I-D-O-R.
Definition
- 1The twelfth and final month of the French Republican Calendar, from August 18 or 19 to September 16 or 17.
Etymology
Borrowed from French fructidor, from Latin fructus (“fruit”) + Ancient Greek δῶρον (dôron, “gift”).
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.
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Using “Fructidor”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-R-U-C-T-I-D-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈfɹʊktɪdɔː/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.