heptathlon
\ɛp.ta.tlɔ̃\
The verdict
“heptathlon” is uncommon French (frequency #68,338 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,338
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Épreuve sportive constituée de sept disciplines.
Corpus desk
Index FR-heptathlon · heptathlon · French
heptathlon · rank #68,338 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,338
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH hertziennes
Nearest frequency peer: hertziennes (+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 « heptathlon »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- hannetons
hannetons
31,667 corpus weight
- hantait
hantait
31,666 corpus weight
- heptathlon
heptathlon
31,663 corpus weight
- hertziennes
hertziennes
31,662 corpus weight
- hidjab
hidjab
31,661 corpus weight
- hissée
hissée
31,660 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « heptathlon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | heptathlon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛp.ta.tlɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #68,338 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « heptathlon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
heptathlon is uncommon French at frequency #68,338 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛp.ta.tlɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Épreuve sportive constituée de sept disciplines.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for heptathlon, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 heptathlon, spelled H-E-P-T-A-T-H-L-O-N.
Definition
- 1Épreuve sportive constituée de sept disciplines.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how heptathlon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Enfin en l’absence de la double championne olympique belge Nafissatou Thiam, blessée, l’Américaine Anna Hall fait figure de favorite de l’heptathlon, qui débute ce matin.
Cette fois, c’est la Syrienne Ghada Shouaa qui décroche une médaille d’or et le championnat du monde dans l’heptathlon.
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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