Néandertal
\ne.an.dɛʁ.tal\
The verdict
“Néandertal” is uncommon French (frequency #58,795 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,795
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Homme de Néandertal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-neandertal · Néandertal · French
Néandertal · rank #58,795 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,795
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH nympho
Nearest frequency peer: nympho (-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 « Néandertal »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- nuancées
nuancées
41,209 corpus weight
- nuno
nuno
41,208 corpus weight
- nympho
nympho
41,207 corpus weight
- Néandertal
Néandertal
41,206 corpus weight
- nébulosité
nébulosité
41,205 corpus weight
- négociait
négociait
41,204 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Néandertal » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Néandertal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ne.an.dɛʁ.tal\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #58,795 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Néandertal » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Néandertal is uncommon French at frequency #58,795 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ne.an.dɛʁ.tal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Homme de Néandertal.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Néandertal in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Néandertal, spelled N-É-A-N-D-E-R-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1Homme de Néandertal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Néandertal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un fragment d'os d'une jeune fille de 13 ans, découverte dans une grotte des montages de l'Altaï, qui, selon son ADN, s'avère être une hybride entre un père Dénisovien et une mère Néandertal, espèces cousines d'Homo Sapiens aujourd'hui disparues.
Ce résultat surprend d’autant plus qu’il s’écarte vraiment trop des évaluations proposées pour le crâne de Néandertal.
This word in other languages
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.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).