cynorhodon
\si.nɔ.ʁɔ.dɔ̃\
The verdict
“cynorhodon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faux fruit d’un rosier sauvage (églantier, rosier pimprenelle, etc.) à la pulpe comestible, acide et astringente, dont on fait des confitures.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cynorhodon · cynorhodon · French
cynorhodon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | cynorhodon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \si.nɔ.ʁɔ.dɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cynorhodon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cynorhodon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \si.nɔ.ʁɔ.dɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Faux fruit d’un rosier sauvage (églantier, rosier pimprenelle, etc.) à la pulpe comestible, acide et astringente, dont on fait des confitures.".
cynorhodon has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is cynorhodon, spelled C-Y-N-O-R-H-O-D-O-N.
Definition
- 1Faux fruit d’un rosier sauvage (églantier, rosier pimprenelle, etc.) à la pulpe comestible, acide et astringente, dont on fait des confitures.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cynorhodon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On connaît peu le cynorhodon, mais tout le monde connaît le « poil à gratter », cette petite boule rouge qui contient de minuscules graines velues.
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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.