hétérocère
\e.te.ʁɔ.sɛʁ\
The verdict
“hétérocère” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Coléoptère pentamère.
Corpus desk
Index FR-heterocere · hétérocère · French
hétérocère · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | hétérocère |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.te.ʁɔ.sɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
hétérocère is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.te.ʁɔ.sɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for hétérocère in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is hétérocère, spelled H-É-T-É-R-O-C-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Coléoptère pentamère.
- 2Lépidoptère (papillon) dont les antennes ne sont pas en massue, souvent nocturne (ancien taxon commode encore parfois utilisé).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hétérocère appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Note : Certains hétérocères sont des papillons à mœurs diurnes.
Antonyms
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.