analepse
\a.na.lɛps\
The verdict
“analepse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Retour en arrière dans une ligne narratrice.
Corpus desk
Index FR-analepse · analepse · French
analepse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | analepse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.na.lɛps\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « analepse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
analepse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.na.lɛps\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Retour en arrière dans une ligne narratrice.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for analepse in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is analepse, spelled A-N-A-L-E-P-S-E.
Definition
- 1Retour en arrière dans une ligne narratrice.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how analepse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’analepse sert à éclairer le passé des personnages et, ce faisant, justifier la psychologie des personnages.
Toutes ces figures, comme on le sait, peuvent se ramener à une question d’énonciation, l’analepse étant attribuée à l’instance narrative première et la focalisation désignant le savoir du narrateur.
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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.