céphalopode
\se.fa.lo.pɔd\
The verdict
“céphalopode” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mollusque marin dont la tête et la bouche sont garnies de tentacules.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cephalopode · céphalopode · French
céphalopode · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | céphalopode |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \se.fa.lo.pɔd\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
céphalopode is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \se.fa.lo.pɔd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mollusque marin dont la tête et la bouche sont garnies de tentacules.".
céphalopode has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented 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 céphalopode, spelled C-É-P-H-A-L-O-P-O-D-E.
Definition
- 1Mollusque marin dont la tête et la bouche sont garnies de tentacules.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how céphalopode appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mis à part les nautiles, les céphalopodes actuels sont dépourvus de coquille externe. Les céphalopodes porteurs d'une coquille ont été autrefois beaucoup plus diversifiés, comme en témoignent les nombreux fossiles de céphalopodes comme les ammonites et le bélemnites.
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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.