Homo neanderthalensis
\o.mo ne.an.dɛʁ.ta.lɛn.sis\
The verdict
“Homo neanderthalensis” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom scientifique de l’homme de Neanderthal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-homo-neanderthalensis · Homo neanderthalensis · French
Homo neanderthalensis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 | Homo neanderthalensis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \o.mo ne.an.dɛʁ.ta.lɛn.sis\ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Homo neanderthalensis is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \o.mo ne.an.dɛʁ.ta.lɛn.sis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom scientifique de l’homme de Neanderthal.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Homo neanderthalensis in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Homo neanderthalensis, spelled H-O-M-O- -N-E-A-N-D-E-R-T-H-A-L-E-N-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1Nom scientifique de l’homme de Neanderthal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Homo neanderthalensis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Réputé avoir disparu voilà 30 000 à 35 000 ans, supplanté par Homo sapiens, l’homme de Neandertal (Homo neanderthalensis) a, en réalité, survécu bien plus longtemps.
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.