comédon
\kɔ.me.dɔ̃\
The verdict
“comédon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petits cylindres vermiformes de matière sébacée blanchâtre, qu'on fait sortir de la peau du nez, de celle des joues et du front, et qui proviennent des follicules pileux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-comedon · comédon · French
comédon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | comédon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.me.dɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « comédon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
comédon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.me.dɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Petits cylindres vermiformes de matière sébacée blanchâtre, qu'on fait sortir de la peau du nez, de celle des joues et du front, et qui proviennent des follicules pileux.".
comédon has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is comédon, spelled C-O-M-É-D-O-N.
Definition
- 1Petits cylindres vermiformes de matière sébacée blanchâtre, qu'on fait sortir de la peau du nez, de celle des joues et du front, et qui proviennent des follicules pileux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how comédon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quelques comédons saillaient aux alentours des ailes du nez.
Les comédons sont très fréquents sur les peaux séborrhéiques, au cours de l'acné.
Synonyms
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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.