Neanderthal
\ne.ɑ̃.dɛʁ.tal\
The verdict
“Neanderthal” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Homme de Neanderthal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-neanderthal · Neanderthal · French
Neanderthal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" 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 | Neanderthal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ne.ɑ̃.dɛʁ.tal\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Neanderthal is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ne.ɑ̃.dɛʁ.tal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Homme de Neanderthal.".
Neanderthal doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Neanderthal, spelled N-E-A-N-D-E-R-T-H-A-L.
Definition
- 1Homme de Neanderthal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Neanderthal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les archaïques les mieux connus sont les Neanderthals.
Comme nous, Neanderthal, appartient à la grande famille des Hominidés, en cela, il fait partie de notre mémoire collective. Parce qu'il est à la fois si proche et si différent de nous, parmi tous nos ancêtres c’est sans doute le plus fascinant.
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.