dioscorée
\djɔs.kɔ.ʁe\
The verdict
“dioscorée” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Nom usuel des ignames, plantes du genre Dioscorea et dans lequel on distingue :
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Index FR-dioscoree · dioscorée · French
dioscorée · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | dioscorée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \djɔs.kɔ.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
dioscorée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \djɔs.kɔ.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom usuel des ignames, plantes du genre Dioscorea et dans lequel on distingue :".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dioscorée, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is dioscorée, spelled D-I-O-S-C-O-R-É-E.
Definition
- 1Nom usuel des ignames, plantes du genre Dioscorea et dans lequel on distingue :
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dioscorée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La dioscorée cultivée, dite igname blanche, et la dioscorée ailée, appelée vulgairement igname, qui, originaire de l’Inde, est cultivée aux Antilles et dans d’autres pays intertropicaux.
C’est une dioscorée voisine des asperges, plante curieuse et belle, décorative à l’automne, et qu’on doit planter dans les lieux ombrés et les sous-bois.
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