Deuxième Rome
\dø.zjɛm ʁɔm\
The verdict
“Deuxième Rome” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Constantinople.
Corpus desk
Index FR-deuxieme-rome · Deuxième Rome · French
Deuxième Rome · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | Deuxième Rome |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \dø.zjɛm ʁɔm\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Deuxième Rome is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \dø.zjɛm ʁɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Deuxième Rome doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Deuxième Rome, spelled D-E-U-X-I-È-M-E- -R-O-M-E.
Definition
- 1Constantinople.
- 2Milan, capitale impériale de 286 à 402.
- 3Ravenne, capitale impériale de 402 à 476, puis métropole de l’Italie byzantine de 585 à 751.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Deuxième Rome appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En 753 avant notre ère, selon la tradition unanime et légendaire des historiens romains, est fondée la Ville. Treize siècles plus tard, en 565, meurt dans la Deuxième Rome, à Constantinople, l’empereur Justinien : le dernier à avoir tenté par une reconquête éphémère de rétablir son autorité sur un Occident partagé entre les Vandales, les Francs, les Burgo…
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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.