dix-septième
\di.sɛ.tjɛm\
The verdict
“dix-septième” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Élément ordinal, correspondant au cardinal dix-sept.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dix-septieme · dix-septième · French
dix-septième · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | dix-septième |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \di.sɛ.tjɛm\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
dix-septième is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \di.sɛ.tjɛm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Élément ordinal, correspondant au cardinal dix-sept.".
dix-septième has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is dix-septième, spelled D-I-X---S-E-P-T-I-È-M-E.
Definition
- 1Élément ordinal, correspondant au cardinal dix-sept.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dix-septième appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le dix-septième jour de la seconde année de sa prévention, Jacques Errant fut extrait de son cachot et conduit entre deux gendarmes dans une grande salle […]
– Une représentation de la mater dolorosa. Une mère qui pleure son enfant au pied de la croix. C’est un maître anonyme du dix-septième siècle. Alors, elle te plaît ?
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.