paroxyton
\pa.ʁɔk.si.tɔ̃\
The verdict
“paroxyton” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a l’accent tonique sur l’avant-dernière syllabe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-paroxyton · paroxyton · French
paroxyton · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | paroxyton |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pa.ʁɔk.si.tɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « paroxyton » en français
Rare enough to double-check
paroxyton is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pa.ʁɔk.si.tɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui a l’accent tonique sur l’avant-dernière syllabe.".
Zero misspellings are on record for paroxyton in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is paroxyton, spelled P-A-R-O-X-Y-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1Qui a l’accent tonique sur l’avant-dernière syllabe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how paroxyton appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
D’après cette loi [de Wheeler], les mots oxytons de forme dactylique ou à finale dactylique sont devenus paroxytons.
En espéranto, les mots ayant plus d’une syllabe sont toujours paroxytons.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.