convoluté
\kɔ̃.vɔ.ly.tɛ\
The verdict
“convoluté” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Qui est roulé en cornet autour d’un corps ou sur lui-même.
Corpus desk
Index FR-convolute · convoluté · French
convoluté · 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | convoluté |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.vɔ.ly.tɛ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « convoluté » en français
Rare enough to double-check
convoluté is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kɔ̃.vɔ.ly.tɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for convoluté, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 convoluté, spelled C-O-N-V-O-L-U-T-É.
Definition
- 1Qui est roulé en cornet autour d’un corps ou sur lui-même.
- 2Alambiqué.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how convoluté appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Leurs ovules dont le nombre varie de deux à cinq portant sont suspendus après un long funicule; et leur fruits ligneux allongés, portant a sur ses bords les traces des deux bractéoles latérales de la fleur, soulevées sur les côtés du réceptacle, contient une graine linéaire dont l’embryon a les cotylédons convolutés.
La concavité illuminée de son oreille […], un réceptacle convoluté qui semblait beaucoup trop vaste pour y déposer mes peccadilles […].
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.