confocal
\kɔ̃.fɔ.kal\
The verdict
“confocal” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Qui a la propriété de réaliser des images de très faible profondeur de champ grâce à des lentilles de même foyer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-confocal · confocal · French
confocal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | confocal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.fɔ.kal\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « confocal » en français
Rare enough to double-check
confocal is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kɔ̃.fɔ.kal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui a la propriété de réaliser des images de très faible profondeur de champ grâce à des lentilles de même foyer.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for confocal in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is confocal, spelled C-O-N-F-O-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1Qui a la propriété de réaliser des images de très faible profondeur de champ grâce à des lentilles de même foyer.
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.