Homo neanderthalensis
\o.mo ne.an.dɛʁ.ta.lɛn.sis\
The verdict
“Homo neanderthalensis” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom scientifique de l’homme de Neanderthal.
| 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) |
Where “Homo neanderthalensis” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Homo neanderthalensis is 21 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \o.mo ne.an.dɛʁ.ta.lɛn.sis\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
This word in other languages
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- The one correct French spelling is H-O-M-O- -N-E-A-N-D-E-R-T-H-A-L-E-N-S-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.