hermaphrodite
\ɛʁ.ma.fʁɔ.dit\
The verdict
“hermaphrodite” is uncommon French (frequency #54,003 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,003
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui possède à la fois des organes mâles et femelles.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hermaphrodite · hermaphrodite · French
hermaphrodite · rank #54,003 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,003
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH helm
Nearest frequency peer: helm (-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 « hermaphrodite »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- hasardeuses
hasardeuses
46,001 corpus weight
- heaume
heaume
46,000 corpus weight
- helm
helm
45,999 corpus weight
- hermaphrodi…
hermaphrodite
45,998 corpus weight
- Herstal
Herstal
45,997 corpus weight
- Hilfiger
Hilfiger
45,996 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hermaphrodite » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hermaphrodite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛʁ.ma.fʁɔ.dit\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #54,003 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hermaphrodite » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hermaphrodite is uncommon French at frequency #54,003 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛʁ.ma.fʁɔ.dit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hermaphrodite, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is hermaphrodite, spelled H-E-R-M-A-P-H-R-O-D-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Qui possède à la fois des organes mâles et femelles.
- 2Qualifie une fleur qui possède à la fois des étamines et un ou plusieurs pistils. Se dit aussi de la plante qui possède de telles fleurs.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hermaphrodite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les mots de bissexuel et d’unisexuel, d’hermaphrodite et d’androgyne, de monoïque et de dioïque, de polygame et de dichogame… etc., n’atteignent guère jusqu’à la subtilité des distinctions qui demanderaient à être faites.
Les escargots et les vers de terre sont hermaphrodites.
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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