polysème
\pɔ.li.sɛm\
The verdict
“polysème” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mot ayant plusieurs sens.
Corpus desk
Index FR-polyseme · polysème · French
polysème · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | polysème |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔ.li.sɛm\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « polysème » en français
Rare enough to double-check
polysème is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔ.li.sɛm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mot ayant plusieurs sens.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for polysème, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is polysème, spelled P-O-L-Y-S-È-M-E.
Definition
- 1Mot ayant plusieurs sens.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how polysème appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Par exemple, les deux sens du verbe fuir (fuir l’ennemi / le robinet fuit) peuvent difficilement passer en synchronie pour un polysème de discours tant la relation qui les unit est « fugace ».
Antonyms
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.