pentasyllabique
\pɛ̃.ta.si.la.bik\
The verdict
“pentasyllabique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Composé de cinq syllabes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pentasyllabique · pentasyllabique · French
pentasyllabique · 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 | pentasyllabique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pɛ̃.ta.si.la.bik\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
pentasyllabique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pɛ̃.ta.si.la.bik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Composé de cinq syllabes.".
pentasyllabique has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is pentasyllabique, spelled P-E-N-T-A-S-Y-L-L-A-B-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Composé de cinq syllabes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pentasyllabique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bardesane créa ainsi la poésie syriaque, il utilisa surtout le mètre pentasyllabique.
Picot (Le monologue.) considère le vers 3 comme un hypomètre et corrige [Et] prendare. Il est cependant bien possible de prononcer andoillibus comme un mot pentasyllabique dans un but parodique. D’autre part il n’est point exclu que les sermonneurs joyeux, en chantant leur thema, se soient moqués de la syllabisation du chant liturgique en doublant une syl…
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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.