phénotypes

\fe.no.tip\

/\fe.no.tip\/ noun

The verdict

“phénotypes” is uncommon French (frequency #95,155 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,155
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de phénotype.

Corpus desk

Index FR-phenotypes · phénotypes · French

phénotypes · rank #95,155 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,155
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH phénoliques

Nearest frequency peer: phénoliques (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « phénotypes »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « phénotypes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for phénotypes
PropertyValue
Headwordphénotypes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fe.no.tip\
Letters10
Frequency rank#95,155
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « phénotypes » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).phénotypestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « phénoliques » (#95,154), « Pfaff » (#95,152), « picturaux » (#95,159). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « phénotypes » est au #95,155. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

phénotypes is uncommon French at frequency #95,155 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fe.no.tip\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de phénotype.".

No misspelling variants are generated for phénotypes in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is phénotypes, spelled P-H-É-N-O-T-Y-P-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de phénotype.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how phénotypes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les phénotypes exprimés par les caractères récessifs ne s’embarrassent pas de frontières.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "phénotypes"?
"phénotypes" is spelled P-H-É-N-O-T-Y-P-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \fe.no.tip\.
What does "phénotypes" mean?
As a noun, "phénotypes" means: Pluriel de phénotype.
How do you pronounce "phénotypes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "phénotypes" is \fe.no.tip\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "phénotypes" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "phénotypes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list