dicéphale

adj

The verdict

“dicéphale” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Qui a deux têtes ou deux sommets.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dicephale · dicéphale · French

dicéphale · 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 "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.

Key facts for dicéphale
PropertyValue
Headworddicéphale
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « dicéphale » en français

dicéphalesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dicéphale is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui a deux têtes ou deux sommets.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dicéphale, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is dicéphale, spelled D-I-C-É-P-H-A-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a deux têtes ou deux sommets.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how dicéphale appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Capsule dicéphale.
  2. Hybrides à la production desquelles le C. tuberosum a pris part et qui offrent toujours des rameaux allongés, nus ou paucifoliés et parvifoliés, ordinairement monocéphales, rarement dicéphales.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dicéphale"?
"dicéphale" is spelled D-I-C-É-P-H-A-L-E.
What does "dicéphale" mean?
As an adjective, "dicéphale" means: Qui a deux têtes ou deux sommets.
What language does "dicéphale" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list