odoriférant
\ɔ.dɔ.ʁi.fe.ʁɑ̃\
The verdict
“odoriférant” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Qui répand une odeur agréable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-odoriferant · odoriférant · French
odoriférant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" 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 | odoriférant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɔ.dɔ.ʁi.fe.ʁɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
odoriférant is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɔ.dɔ.ʁi.fe.ʁɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for odoriférant in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is odoriférant, spelled O-D-O-R-I-F-É-R-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui répand une odeur agréable.
- 2Qui répand une odeur désagréable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how odoriférant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Télémaque regardait avec admiration cette ville naissante, semblable à une jeune plante. …. Elle croît, elle ouvre ses tendres boutons, elle étend ses feuilles vertes, elle épanouit ses fleurs odoriférantes avec mille couleurs nouvelles.
Ce furent les Croisades qui firent pénétrer en France l'usage des parfums : on introduisait ceux-ci sous forme de peaux odoriférantes destinées à faire des pourpoints, des ceintures, des gants. Aussi s'explique-t-on que le commerce de la parfumerie ait d'abord été aux mains des gantiers.
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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.