appaumé
\a.po.me\
The verdict
“appaumé” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dit d’une main, un gant ou gantelet placé de façon à montrer la paume.
Corpus desk
Index FR-appaume · appaumé · French
appaumé · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | appaumé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.po.me\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
appaumé is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.po.me\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se dit d’une main, un gant ou gantelet placé de façon à montrer la paume.".
Zero misspellings are on record for appaumé in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is appaumé, spelled A-P-P-A-U-M-É.
Definition
- 1Se dit d’une main, un gant ou gantelet placé de façon à montrer la paume.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how appaumé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Motif représentant un écu français moderne : coupé au premier d’or un lion passant de sable armé et lampassé de gueules ; au deuxième d’argent au dauphin couché d’azur crêté, bardé et oreillé de gueules. Un homme hissant, armé de toutes pièces, en heaume taré de ¾ à quatre grilles et panaché de gueules, appaumé à dextre d’un cimetère et contre appaumé à s…
Parti : au 1) d’azur à la main senestre appaumée d’or, au 2) de gueules à la main dextre appaumée d’argent, qui est de Racines dans l’Aube → voir illustration « mains appaumées »
Antonyms
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.