gymnocéphale
\ʒi.mnɔ.se.fal\
The verdict
“gymnocéphale” 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) - Qui a la tête nue, sans poils et sans plumes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gymnocephale · gymnocéphale · French
gymnocéphale · 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 "G" 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 | gymnocéphale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʒi.mnɔ.se.fal\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
gymnocéphale is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʒi.mnɔ.se.fal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
gymnocéphale doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is gymnocéphale, spelled G-Y-M-N-O-C-É-P-H-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui a la tête nue, sans poils et sans plumes.
- 2À capitules nus.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gymnocéphale appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hélichryse gymnocéphale.
Synonyms
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.