astérolide

\as.te.ʁɔ.lid\

/\as.te.ʁɔ.lid\/ noun

The verdict

“astérolide” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom usuel donné à plusieurs plantes herbacées du genre Pallenis (famille des Astéracées) à fleurs jaunes, de distribution principalement méditerranéenne. → voir astérolide maritime

Key facts for astérolide
PropertyValue
Headwordastérolide
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\as.te.ʁɔ.lid\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “astérolide” sits in French frequency

astérolide falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

astérolide is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \as.te.ʁɔ.lid\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom usuel donné à plusieurs plantes herbacées du genre Pallenis (famille des Astéracées) à fleurs jaunes, de distribution principalement méditerranéenne. → voir astérolide maritime".

No generated misspelling entries exist for astérolide in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

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 astérolide, spelled A-S-T-É-R-O-L-I-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom usuel donné à plusieurs plantes herbacées du genre Pallenis (famille des Astéracées) à fleurs jaunes, de distribution principalement méditerranéenne. → voir astérolide maritime

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "astérolide"?
"astérolide" is spelled A-S-T-É-R-O-L-I-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \as.te.ʁɔ.lid\.
What does "astérolide" mean?
As a noun, "astérolide" means: Nom usuel donné à plusieurs plantes herbacées du genre Pallenis (famille des Astéracées) à fleurs jaunes, de distribution principalement méditerranéenne. → voir astérolide maritime
How do you pronounce "astérolide"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "astérolide" is \as.te.ʁɔ.lid\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "astérolide" come from?
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Using “astérolide”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is A-S-T-É-R-O-L-I-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \as.te.ʁɔ.lid\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list