Bucéphale
\by.se.fal\
The verdict
“Bucéphale” 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) - Cheval préféré d’Alexandre le Grand.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bucephale · Bucéphale · French
Bucéphale · 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 "B" 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 | Bucéphale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \by.se.fal\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Bucéphale is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \by.se.fal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Bucéphale in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 Bucéphale, spelled B-U-C-É-P-H-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Cheval préféré d’Alexandre le Grand.
- 2Nom donné à toute monture.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bucéphale appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La mise en avant d’une destinée exceptionnelle constitue l’une des voies de l’héroïsation. […] C’est ainsi, par exemple, que Koenig et Montardre font dire au personnage de Philippe, après qu’Alexandre a dompté Bucéphale, que la Macédoine sera trop petite pour lui et qu’il devra chercher ailleurs un royaume à sa mesure ; […]
À Thessaloniki, la statue représentait l’empereur sur Bucéphale en ruade.
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.