apophtegme
\a.pɔf.tɛɡm\
The verdict
“apophtegme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Parole mémorable, maxime, adage, aphorisme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-apophtegme · apophtegme · French
apophtegme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | apophtegme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.pɔf.tɛɡm\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
apophtegme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.pɔf.tɛɡm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for apophtegme in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is apophtegme, spelled A-P-O-P-H-T-E-G-M-E.
Definition
- 1Parole mémorable, maxime, adage, aphorisme.
- 2Petit récit à vocation morale ou spirituelle, fable, parabole.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how apophtegme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Parmi les traités de morale qui eurent le plus de vogue au moyen-âge, quelques-uns étaient, pour le fonds, purement ou presque purement païens, comme les prétendus apophtegmes de Caton, la Consolation de Boëce.
Croyez-en un vieux philosophe qui connaît les choses dont il parle et a fait la rude expérience des apophtegmes qu’il émet.
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.