apotropaïque
\a.pɔ.tʁɔ.pa.ik\
The verdict
“apotropaïque” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui détourne le danger, qui protège.
Corpus desk
Index FR-apotropaique · apotropaïque · French
apotropaïque · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | apotropaïque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.pɔ.tʁɔ.pa.ik\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
apotropaïque is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.pɔ.tʁɔ.pa.ik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for apotropaïque, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is apotropaïque, spelled A-P-O-T-R-O-P-A-Ï-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Qui détourne le danger, qui protège.
- 2Prudent, superstitieux en parlant d’attitude ou de personne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how apotropaïque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une double chaînette, qui cerne la base des épaules, descend obliquement le long des côtes jusqu’à la partie inférieure de la cage thoracique dont elle suit la courbure et détermine une sorte de pectoral ; le centre était occupé par un ornement de caractère apotropaïque : une double spirale, faite d’une triple chaînette et dont les enroulements se termine…
Vers 1265-1270, La Légende dorée de Jacques de Voragine avait fixé les conditions de la fortune apotropaïque du saint.
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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.