aphérèse
\a.fe.ʁɛz\
The verdict
“aphérèse” 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) - Retranchement d’un ou plusieurs phonèmes au commencement d’un mot. Il peut s’agir de l’action ou du résultat de celle-ci.
Corpus desk
Index FR-apherese · aphérèse · French
aphérèse · 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 | aphérèse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.fe.ʁɛz\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
aphérèse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.fe.ʁɛz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for aphérèse, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is aphérèse, spelled A-P-H-É-R-È-S-E.
Definition
- 1Retranchement d’un ou plusieurs phonèmes au commencement d’un mot. Il peut s’agir de l’action ou du résultat de celle-ci.
- 2Suppression des notes initiales d’une phrase mélodique.
- 3Technique de prélèvement à un donneur de certains composants de son sang par circulation extra-corporelle.
- 4Ablation d’une partie quelconque du corps.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aphérèse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’aphérèse est la chute de la lettre ou de la consonne initiale d’un mot. En anthroponymie, elle se montre au niveau de Abeuzen qui devient Beuzen, Abiven qui se réduit en Biven, Nicolas à Colas.
[…] « abeille » est beyo, qui est une aphérèse de abeyo.
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.