accent antiflexe
\ak.sɑ̃ ɑ̃.ti.flɛks\
The verdict
“accent antiflexe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Diacritique, ressemblant à un accent circonflexe retourné ou à la réunion d’un accent grave et d’un accent aigu, indiquant une variation dans la prononciation d’une voyelle (ou d’une consonne sylla...
Corpus desk
Index FR-accent-antiflexe · accent antiflexe · French
accent antiflexe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | accent antiflexe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ak.sɑ̃ ɑ̃.ti.flɛks\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
accent antiflexe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ak.sɑ̃ ɑ̃.ti.flɛks\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Diacritique, ressemblant à un accent circonflexe retourné ou à la réunion d’un accent grave et d’un accent aigu, indiquant une variation dans la prononciation d’une voyelle (ou d’une consonne sylla...".
accent antiflexe has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is accent antiflexe, spelled A-C-C-E-N-T- -A-N-T-I-F-L-E-X-E.
Definition
- 1Diacritique, ressemblant à un accent circonflexe retourné ou à la réunion d’un accent grave et d’un accent aigu, indiquant une variation dans la prononciation d’une voyelle (ou d’une consonne syllabique), utilisé dans l’orthographe ou la transcription phonétique de certaines langues où les tons ou les longueurs de voyelles sont pertinentes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how accent antiflexe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
D’une manière générale, lorsque rien ne s’y oppose, les tons complexes seront notés par l’accent circonflexe pour le ton descendant et par l’accent antiflexe pour le ton montant.
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