caryopse
\ka.ʁjɔps\
The verdict
“caryopse” 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) - Fruit sec typique des graminées, indéhiscent, dans lequel le péricarpe est soudé à l'unique graine qu'il contient.
Corpus desk
Index FR-caryopse · caryopse · French
caryopse · 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 "C" 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 | caryopse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.ʁjɔps\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
caryopse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.ʁjɔps\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fruit sec typique des graminées, indéhiscent, dans lequel le péricarpe est soudé à l'unique graine qu'il contient.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for caryopse, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is caryopse, spelled C-A-R-Y-O-P-S-E.
Definition
- 1Fruit sec typique des graminées, indéhiscent, dans lequel le péricarpe est soudé à l'unique graine qu'il contient.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how caryopse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les caryopses de blé et de maïs sont généralement appellés grains.
Tel est le cas de l’akène qui est un péricarpe non soudé aux téguments de la graine, et du caryopse qui est un péricarpe soudé aux téguments de la graine.
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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.