dextrorsum
\dɛks.tʁɔʁ.sɔm\
The verdict
“dextrorsum” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Qui s’effectue dans le sens de rotation des aiguilles d’une montre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dextrorsum · dextrorsum · French
dextrorsum · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | dextrorsum |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \dɛks.tʁɔʁ.sɔm\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
dextrorsum is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \dɛks.tʁɔʁ.sɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui s’effectue dans le sens de rotation des aiguilles d’une montre.".
dextrorsum doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is dextrorsum, spelled D-E-X-T-R-O-R-S-U-M.
Definition
- 1Qui s’effectue dans le sens de rotation des aiguilles d’une montre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dextrorsum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
mais, pour en donner une idée plus juste, il suffit de dire que le tire-bouchon ordinaire et toutes les vis sont des hélices dextrorsum.
A cet effet, on compte le nombre des spires dextrorsum, celui des spires sinistrorsum ; on additionne les nombres trouvés, et le total devient le dénominateur de la fraction cherchée.
Antonyms
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.