astéride
\as.te.ʁid\
The verdict
“astéride” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Étoile de mer, classe d’animaux qui renferme les astéries.
Corpus desk
Index FR-asteride · astéride · French
astéride · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | astéride |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \as.te.ʁid\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « astéride » en français
Rare enough to double-check
astéride is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \as.te.ʁid\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Étoile de mer, classe d’animaux qui renferme les astéries.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for astéride, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is astéride, spelled A-S-T-É-R-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1Étoile de mer, classe d’animaux qui renferme les astéries.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how astéride appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils ont constaté que leur mode de développement diffère d’une manière notable, nᵒ 1 de celui des Astérides dont les larves sont pourvues d’organes préhensiles claviformes, tout en étant, pour ce qui concerne le développement des organes intérieurs, dans un état encore embryonnaire ; nᵒ 2 de celui des Astérides qui sont pourvues dans leur jeune âge d’organ…
asteroid — astéride m, astérozoaire sans pédoncule, caractérisé par des bras non ramifiés disposés en rayon autour d’un disque central, appartenant à la classe des Astérides qui comprend les étoiles de mer.
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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.