agnathe
\aɡ.nat\
The verdict
“agnathe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Membre d'un groupe polyphylétique de crâniates (Craniata) dépourvus de mâchoire ou de mâchoire inférieure.
Corpus desk
Index FR-agnathe · agnathe · French
agnathe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | agnathe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \aɡ.nat\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
agnathe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \aɡ.nat\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Membre d'un groupe polyphylétique de crâniates (Craniata) dépourvus de mâchoire ou de mâchoire inférieure.".
No misspelling variants are generated for agnathe in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is agnathe, spelled A-G-N-A-T-H-E.
Definition
- 1Membre d'un groupe polyphylétique de crâniates (Craniata) dépourvus de mâchoire ou de mâchoire inférieure.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how agnathe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La lamproie n’est pas un poisson, elle n’a pas de mâchoires, c’est un agnathe.
Synonyms
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.