humain de Néandertal
\y.mɛ̃ də ne.ɑ̃.dɛʁ.tal\
The verdict
“humain de Néandertal” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
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According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Espèce humaine, de nom scientifique Homo neanderthalensis, cousine des humains contemporains (Homo sapiens) et disparue de la surface de la terre il y a apparemment 30,000 ans environ.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | humain de Néandertal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \y.mɛ̃ də ne.ɑ̃.dɛʁ.tal\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “humain de Néandertal” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for humain de Néandertal is 20 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \y.mɛ̃ də ne.ɑ̃.dɛʁ.tal\. 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: "Espèce humaine, de nom scientifique Homo neanderthalensis, cousine des humains contemporains (Homo sapiens) et disparue de la surface de la terre il y a apparemment 30,000 ans environ.".
Zero misspellings are on record for humain de Néandertal in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is humain de Néandertal, spelled H-U-M-A-I-N- -D-E- -N-É-A-N-D-E-R-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1Espèce humaine, de nom scientifique Homo neanderthalensis, cousine des humains contemporains (Homo sapiens) et disparue de la surface de la terre il y a apparemment 30,000 ans environ.
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.
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- The one correct French spelling is H-U-M-A-I-N- -D-E- -N-É-A-N-D-E-R-T-A-L - 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.