doryphore
\dɔ.ʁi.fɔʁ\
The verdict
“doryphore” 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) - Lancier, soldat porteur de lance dans certaines armées grecques.
Corpus desk
Index FR-doryphore · doryphore · French
doryphore · 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | doryphore |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dɔ.ʁi.fɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
doryphore is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dɔ.ʁi.fɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for doryphore, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 doryphore, spelled D-O-R-Y-P-H-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1Lancier, soldat porteur de lance dans certaines armées grecques.
- 2Statue qui représente ce soldat.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how doryphore appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’armée du roi se compose de soixante mille combattans, cent trirèmes et une quantité innombrable de vaisseaux de transport. Il a en outre mille doryphores couverts d’armures en or, et quatre-vingts chars de guerre.
À la mi-décembre, les Byzantins marchent vers la seconde armée vandale. Les doryphores et les hypapistes de la garde à cheval chargent et dispersent les hommes de Tzazo, qui tombe dans la mêlée.
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.