apollinien
\a.pɔ.li.njɛ̃\
The verdict
“apollinien” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Relatif à Apollon, le dieu du soleil et des arts.
Corpus desk
Index FR-apollinien · apollinien · French
apollinien · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | apollinien |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.pɔ.li.njɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “apollinien” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
apollinien is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.pɔ.li.njɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for apollinien, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is apollinien, spelled A-P-O-L-L-I-N-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1Relatif à Apollon, le dieu du soleil et des arts.
- 2Qui vise la perfection, l’esthétisme, la beauté pure.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how apollinien appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le mythe apollinien.
Le jeu d’ego consiste à se trouver génial en concordance avec les idéaux apolliniens de l’olympisme moderne.
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