céphalophore
\se.fa.lɔ.fɔʁ\
The verdict
“céphalophore” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifie une plante qui porte une fleur en forme de tête.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cephalophore · céphalophore · French
céphalophore · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | céphalophore |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \se.fa.lɔ.fɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « céphalophore » en français
Rare enough to double-check
céphalophore is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \se.fa.lɔ.fɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for céphalophore, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 céphalophore, spelled C-É-P-H-A-L-O-P-H-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1Qualifie une plante qui porte une fleur en forme de tête.
- 2Qualifie un saint qui porte sa tête après sa décapitation, ou qui porte la tête d’un autre saint décapité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how céphalophore appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un inventaire des saints céphalophores est bien révélateur de l’origine de la figuration. Si l’on met à part les cas exceptionnels de saint Grat et de saint Cot portant respectivement les têtes de saint Jean-Baptiste et de saint Prix, la distribution des saints céphalophores est significative du culte parisien.
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.