iatromante
\ja.tʁɔ.mɑ̃t\
The verdict
“iatromante” 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) - Chaman, devin-guérisseur de la Grèce antique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-iatromante · iatromante · French
iatromante · 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 "I" 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 | iatromante |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ja.tʁɔ.mɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « iatromante » en français
Rare enough to double-check
iatromante is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ja.tʁɔ.mɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Chaman, devin-guérisseur de la Grèce antique.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for iatromante, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is iatromante, spelled I-A-T-R-O-M-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Chaman, devin-guérisseur de la Grèce antique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how iatromante appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En conséquence, ce manifeste est clairement hostile à toutes images du médecin prêtre ou devin, iatromante, ou encore philosophe.
Une très minutieuse analyse des iatromantes (chap. i), « extatiques individuels en rapport avec le Dieu Apollon de l’Hyperborée », amène l’auteur à conclure (contre Dodds et toute une tradition scientifique) que « les iatromantes n’ont pas pénétré dans la culture grecque à un certain moment : ils ont poussé avec elle, ils ont une place marquante dans cett…
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