adultérin
\a.dyl.te.ʁɛ̃\
The verdict
“adultérin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est né d’un adultère.
Corpus desk
Index FR-adulterin · adultérin · French
adultérin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | adultérin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.dyl.te.ʁɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
adultérin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.dyl.te.ʁɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for adultérin, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is adultérin, spelled A-D-U-L-T-É-R-I-N.
Definition
- 1Qui est né d’un adultère.
- 2Relatif à l’adultère.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how adultérin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Des enfants adultérins.
Les enfants nés hors mariage, hors ceux nés d’un commerce incestueux ou adultérin, pourront être légitimés par le mariage subséquent de leurs père et mère, lorsque ceux-ci les auront également reconnus avant leur mariage, ou qu’ils les reconnaîtront dans l’acte même de célébration.
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.