dodécagone
\dɔ.de.ka.ɡɔn\
The verdict
“dodécagone” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Polygone qui a douze côtés.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dodecagone · dodécagone · French
dodécagone · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | dodécagone |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dɔ.de.ka.ɡɔn\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dodécagone » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dodécagone is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dɔ.de.ka.ɡɔn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Polygone qui a douze côtés.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dodécagone, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is dodécagone, spelled D-O-D-É-C-A-G-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1Polygone qui a douze côtés.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dodécagone appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un dodécagone régulier.
Adolescent, je pouvais rêver des heures sur un dodécagone.
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.