myriapode
\mi.ʁja.pɔd\
The verdict
“myriapode” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom scientifique du millepatte, classe d’arthropodes comprenant les iules, les scolopendres etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-myriapode · myriapode · French
myriapode · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | myriapode |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mi.ʁja.pɔd\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “myriapode” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
myriapode is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mi.ʁja.pɔd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom scientifique du millepatte, classe d’arthropodes comprenant les iules, les scolopendres etc.".
No misspelling variants are generated for myriapode in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is myriapode, spelled M-Y-R-I-A-P-O-D-E.
Definition
- 1Nom scientifique du millepatte, classe d’arthropodes comprenant les iules, les scolopendres etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how myriapode appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce myriapode, excessivement agile, se plait dans les lieux humides et privés de lumière, tels que les caves, les citernes, etc. etc. je l’ai quelquefois aussi rencontré sous les pierres, particulièrement dans les ruines d’Hippône. Les villes d’Oran d’Alger, de Constantine, de Bône et du cercle de Lacalle sont les lieux qui particulièrement nourrissent ce…
Le monde de la litière forestière, de l’humus, présente un peuplement de bactéries, de virus, de myriapodes, de nématodes, de collemboles, de champignons (encore des mycéliums), de lombrics, de crustacés, de gastéropodes, d’insectes dont la multitude est considérable, dont les densités au mètre carré impressionnent tant les chiffres sont énormes.
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