amygdale
\a.mi.dal\
The verdict
“amygdale” is uncommon French (frequency #68,798 among 424,905 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,798
- frequency rank, French
- 424,905
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Chacune des deux glandes, en forme d’amande, qui sont aux deux côtés de la gorge, sous la luette.
Corpus desk
Index FR-amygdale · amygdale · French
amygdale · rank #68,798 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,798
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 424,905
- PHOTO-FINISH amparo
Nearest frequency peer: amparo (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “amygdale”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- alva
alva
31,209 corpus weight
- amandier
amandier
31,208 corpus weight
- amarre
amarre
31,207 corpus weight
- amparo
amparo
31,204 corpus weight
- amygdale
amygdale
31,203 corpus weight
- anaphore
anaphore
31,201 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “amygdale” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amygdale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.mi.dal\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #68,798 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “amygdale” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
amygdale is uncommon French at frequency #68,798 among 424,905 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.mi.dal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for amygdale, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is amygdale, spelled A-M-Y-G-D-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Chacune des deux glandes, en forme d’amande, qui sont aux deux côtés de la gorge, sous la luette.
- 2Structure paritaire située au cœur du cortex cérébral, ayant également une forme d’amande et jouant un rôle déterminant dans de nombreuses émotions, en particulier la peur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how amygdale appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Avoir les amygdales enflées.
Je respire autour d’elle ce parfum commun, qu’on achète ici chez Maumond, le coupeur de cheveux, ce parfum qu’on respire, semble-t-il, avec les amygdales et qui fait penser à l’urine sucrée des chevaux, séchant sur les routes…
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
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