Asclépios
\as.kle.pjɔs\
The verdict
“Asclépios” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a proper noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dieu grec de la médecine, époux d’Épione ; il est également père d’Hygie, déesse de la santé et de la propreté, et de Panacée, déesse de la médecine curative.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Asclépios |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \as.kle.pjɔs\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Asclépios” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Asclépios is 9 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \as.kle.pjɔs\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for Asclépios in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Asclépios, spelled A-S-C-L-É-P-I-O-S.
Definition
- 1Dieu grec de la médecine, époux d’Épione ; il est également père d’Hygie, déesse de la santé et de la propreté, et de Panacée, déesse de la médecine curative.
- 2(4581) Asclépios, internationalement (4581) Asclepius, planète mineure de classe Apollon.
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.
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Using “Asclépios”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-S-C-L-É-P-I-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \as.kle.pjɔs\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.