demi-castor
\də.mi.kas.tɔʁ\
The verdict
“demi-castor” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de demi-mondaine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-demi-castor · demi-castor · French
demi-castor · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | demi-castor |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \də.mi.kas.tɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
demi-castor is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \də.mi.kas.tɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de demi-mondaine.".
No misspelling variants are generated for demi-castor in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is demi-castor, spelled D-E-M-I---C-A-S-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de demi-mondaine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how demi-castor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les nouvelles générations en concluaient que la duchesse de Guermantes, malgré son nom, devait être quelque demi-castor qui n’avait jamais été tout à fait du gratin.
– Tiens ! dit le gai compagnon qu’elle avait rebuté, voilà le Double-Blanc qui décampe. Tant mieux !... cette farceuse appartient évidemment à l’espèce des demi-castors... la pire de toutes... ni chair ni poisson... ni cocotte ni femme du monde
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