Parthénope
\paʁ.te.nɔp\
The verdict
“Parthénope” 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
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sirène, fille de Melpomène et d’Achéloos, mère d’Évérès par Héraclès, et qui était célébrée à Naples.
Corpus desk
Index FR-parthenope · Parthénope · French
Parthénope · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | Parthénope |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \paʁ.te.nɔp\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Parthénope is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \paʁ.te.nɔp\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Parthénope in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Parthénope, spelled P-A-R-T-H-É-N-O-P-E.
Definition
- 1Sirène, fille de Melpomène et d’Achéloos, mère d’Évérès par Héraclès, et qui était célébrée à Naples.
- 2Ancien nom de Naples.
- 3(11) Parthénope, internationalement (11) Parthenope, astéroïde découvert par Annibale de Gasparis, à Naples, le 11 mai 1850.
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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.