apotropéen
\a.pɔ.tʁɔ.pe.ɛ̃\
The verdict
“apotropéen” 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 September 3, 2026) - Qui détourne le mal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-apotropeen · apotropéen · French
apotropéen · 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 | apotropéen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.pɔ.tʁɔ.pe.ɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
apotropéen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.pɔ.tʁɔ.pe.ɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for apotropéen in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is apotropéen, spelled A-P-O-T-R-O-P-É-E-N.
Definition
- 1Qui détourne le mal.
- 2Relatif aux dieux qu'on invoquait quand on était menacé d'un malheur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how apotropéen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Saint Blaise l'Auxiliateur, l'un des quinze martyrs apotropéens si vénérés au Moyen-âge.
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.