paléontologiste
\pa.le.ɔ̃.tɔ.lɔ.ʒist\
The verdict
“paléontologiste” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne versée dans la paléontologie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-paleontologiste · paléontologiste · French
paléontologiste · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | paléontologiste |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pa.le.ɔ̃.tɔ.lɔ.ʒist\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
paléontologiste is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pa.le.ɔ̃.tɔ.lɔ.ʒist\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne versée dans la paléontologie.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for paléontologiste, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is paléontologiste, spelled P-A-L-É-O-N-T-O-L-O-G-I-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Personne versée dans la paléontologie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how paléontologiste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quant aux vrais brachiopodes et à leur classement particulier, un paléontologiste anglais qui s’en est occupé beaucoup plus spécialement et un paléontologiste français dont nous avons déjà cité les travaux nous dispensent de nous étendre davantage à leur égard.
— Vous connaissez Cuvier, Faroux ? — Qui est-ce ? — Un type qui a une rue dans le Ve. Mais il n’y a eu droit que parce que c’était un savant, un puzzléonto… — Un paléontologiste, corrigea Hélène. — Dans le cas de Cuvier, c’est du kif. Ce Cuvier, mon vieux Faroux, partant d’un débris d’os fossile, vous reconstituait en deux coups de cuillère à pot le squel…
Synonyms
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.