Asclépios
\as.kle.pjɔs\
The verdict
“Asclépios” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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.
Corpus desk
Index FR-asclepios · Asclépios · French
Asclépios · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | Asclépios |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \as.kle.pjɔs\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Asclépios is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \as.kle.pjɔs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Asclépios appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« Esculape » est le nom romain d’Asclépios.
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.