cotylédon
\kɔ.ti.le.dɔ̃\
The verdict
“cotylédon” 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) - Chacun des deux lobes qui forment le placenta.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cotyledon · cotylédon · French
cotylédon · 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 | cotylédon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.ti.le.dɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cotylédon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cotylédon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.ti.le.dɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
cotylédon has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is cotylédon, spelled C-O-T-Y-L-É-D-O-N.
Definition
- 1Chacun des deux lobes qui forment le placenta.
- 2Feuille insérée sur le premier nœud de l’embryon végétal né de graine.
- 3Synonyme de nombril de Vénus (espèce de plantes).
- 4Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cotylédon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les deux cotylédons d’une fève, d’un haricot, etc.
Comme un cotylédon qui cherche à crever la terre, l’incisive exiguë cherche à paraître à travers la chair sensible et rose qui résiste.
Synonyms
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.