passiflore
\pa.si.flɔʁ\
The verdict
“passiflore” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a 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) - Genre de plantes grimpante dont le type est la grenadille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-passiflore · passiflore · French
passiflore · 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 | passiflore |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pa.si.flɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
passiflore is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pa.si.flɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for passiflore in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 passiflore, spelled P-A-S-S-I-F-L-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1Genre de plantes grimpante dont le type est la grenadille.
- 2Partie aérienne, c’est-à-dire les feuilles, les tiges et les fleurs, de la passiflore officinale utilisée en pharmacopée pour ses propriétés sédatives, anxiolytiques et antispasmodiques.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how passiflore appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au nombre des Passiflores à feuilles sans divisions, est la Passiflore à feuilles de Laurier, Laurifolia.
Les grenadilles ailées, les passiflores aux larges fleurs de pourpre striées d’azur et couronnées d’une aigrette d’un violet noir, retombent du faîte de la voûte comme de colossales guirlandes.
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.