akène
\a.kɛn\
The verdict
“akène” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fruit sec et indéhiscent ne contenant qu’une graine dont le péricarpe, plus ou moins sclérifié, n’est pas soudé à la graine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-akene · akène · French
akène · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 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 | akène |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.kɛn\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
akène is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.kɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fruit sec et indéhiscent ne contenant qu’une graine dont le péricarpe, plus ou moins sclérifié, n’est pas soudé à la graine.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for akène in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is akène, spelled A-K-È-N-E.
Definition
- 1Fruit sec et indéhiscent ne contenant qu’une graine dont le péricarpe, plus ou moins sclérifié, n’est pas soudé à la graine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how akène appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le fruit du chêne, le gland, est un akène.
L’artichaut et le pissenlit ont des akènes plumeux.
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.