entomologiste
\ɑ̃.tɔ.mɔ.lɔ.ʒist\
The verdict
“entomologiste” is uncommon French (frequency #53,322 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,322
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui s’occupe d’entomologie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-entomologiste · entomologiste · French
entomologiste · rank #53,322 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,322
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH entendras
Nearest frequency peer: entendras (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « entomologiste »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Ennis
Ennis
46,682 corpus weight
- enseignera
enseignera
46,681 corpus weight
- entendras
entendras
46,680 corpus weight
- entomologis…
entomologiste
46,679 corpus weight
- entraînante
entraînante
46,677 corpus weight
- entrecoupées
entrecoupées
46,676 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « entomologiste » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | entomologiste |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.tɔ.mɔ.lɔ.ʒist\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #53,322 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « entomologiste » en français
Rare enough to double-check
entomologiste is uncommon French at frequency #53,322 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.tɔ.mɔ.lɔ.ʒist\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
entomologiste doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is entomologiste, spelled E-N-T-O-M-O-L-O-G-I-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Personne qui s’occupe d’entomologie.
- 2Personne méticuleuse, qui procède avec beaucoup de rigueur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how entomologiste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
De 15 h 30 à 16 h 30, Philippe Fouillet, entomologiste, c’est-à-dire spécialiste des insectes, de leur mode de reproduction et de leur impact sur l’environnement, embarquera avec lui les plus curieux pour étudier ceux-ci à l’aide de filets à papillon ou d’aspirateurs à insectes.
Et c’est tant mieux : il y a dans l’invention de l’esprit une liberté qui se laisse peu prendre au filet stylistique de l’entomologiste du bon mot.
Synonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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