corydonesque
\kɔ.ʁi.do.nesk\
The verdict
“corydonesque” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui fleure l’homosexualité, qui en est empreint.
Corpus desk
Index FR-corydonesque · corydonesque · French
corydonesque · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | corydonesque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɔ.ʁi.do.nesk\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
corydonesque is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kɔ.ʁi.do.nesk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui fleure l’homosexualité, qui en est empreint.".
corydonesque doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is corydonesque, spelled C-O-R-Y-D-O-N-E-S-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Qui fleure l’homosexualité, qui en est empreint.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how corydonesque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je ne peux croire que la main qui a tracé de si délicats pastels, ait écrit certains filets d'une tenue et d'un esprit douteux, particulièrement celui aux allusions plus ou moins corydonesques.
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.