dissyllabique
\di.si.la.bik\
The verdict
“dissyllabique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Dont tous les mots sont des dissyllabes, ou qui n’ont que deux syllabes, en parlant de certains vers.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dissyllabique · dissyllabique · French
dissyllabique · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | dissyllabique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \di.si.la.bik\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
dissyllabique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \di.si.la.bik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dissyllabique, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 dissyllabique, spelled D-I-S-S-Y-L-L-A-B-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Dont tous les mots sont des dissyllabes, ou qui n’ont que deux syllabes, en parlant de certains vers.
- 2Formé de deux syllabes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dissyllabique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vous n’entendez plus qu’un chœur de grillons qui chantent, dans leurs petites cages enjolivées de verroteries, leur complainte dissyllabique.
En effet, en ancien français, le oui était dissyllabique.
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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.