concavité

\kɔ̃.ka.vi.te\

/\kɔ̃.ka.vi.te\/ noun

The verdict

“concavité” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a 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) - Côté concave, partie sphérique creuse d’un corps.

Corpus desk

Index FR-concavite · concavité · French

concavité · 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 "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.

Key facts for concavité
PropertyValue
Headwordconcavité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.ka.vi.te\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « concavité » en français

concavitéreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

concavité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ̃.ka.vi.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Côté concave, partie sphérique creuse d’un corps.".

No misspelling variants are generated for concavité in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is concavité, spelled C-O-N-C-A-V-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Côté concave, partie sphérique creuse d’un corps.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how concavité appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Voilà donc mon raisonnement pour prouver que la concavité lunaire est lisse et non rugueuse.
  2. Et même le vieux soleil de notre ciel semblait distordu, maintenant qu’ils le voyaient dans la polarisation des miasmes émanant de cette perversion trempée de mer, et tout devenait menace et attente guettant sourdement dans ces angles fuyants des rocs sculptés où le regard découvrait maintenant des concavités à ce qu’il avait d’abord cru convexe.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "concavité"?
"concavité" is spelled C-O-N-C-A-V-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.ka.vi.te\.
What does "concavité" mean?
As a noun, "concavité" means: Côté concave, partie sphérique creuse d’un corps.
How do you pronounce "concavité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "concavité" is \kɔ̃.ka.vi.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "concavité" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list