microscopes

\mi.kʁɔs.kɔp\

/\mi.kʁɔs.kɔp\/ noun

The verdict

“microscopes” is uncommon French (frequency #66,110 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,110
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de microscope.

Corpus desk

Index FR-microscopes · microscopes · French

microscopes · rank #66,110 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,110
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Michelangelo

Nearest frequency peer: Michelangelo (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « microscopes »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « microscopes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for microscopes
PropertyValue
Headwordmicroscopes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mi.kʁɔs.kɔp\
Letters11
Frequency rank#66,110
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « microscopes » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).microscopestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Michelangelo » (#66,109), « mii » (#66,111), « Metzger » (#66,108). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « microscopes » est au #66,110. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

microscopes is uncommon French at frequency #66,110 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mi.kʁɔs.kɔp\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de microscope.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for microscopes in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is microscopes, spelled M-I-C-R-O-S-C-O-P-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de microscope.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how microscopes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Car en voulant augmenter le pouvoir grossissant de leurs microscopes, ils vont découvrir l’aberration chromatique.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "microscopes"?
"microscopes" is spelled M-I-C-R-O-S-C-O-P-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mi.kʁɔs.kɔp\.
What does "microscopes" mean?
As a noun, "microscopes" means: Pluriel de microscope.
How do you pronounce "microscopes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "microscopes" is \mi.kʁɔs.kɔp\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "microscopes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list