polysyllabique
\pɔ.li.si.la.bik\
The verdict
“polysyllabique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Composé de plusieurs syllabes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-polysyllabique · polysyllabique · French
polysyllabique · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 | polysyllabique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pɔ.li.si.la.bik\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
polysyllabique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pɔ.li.si.la.bik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Composé de plusieurs syllabes.".
Zero misspellings are on record for polysyllabique in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 polysyllabique, spelled P-O-L-Y-S-Y-L-L-A-B-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Composé de plusieurs syllabes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how polysyllabique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il criait hystériquement que la révolution avait été trahie, et cela en un rapide discours polysyllabique qui était une parodie du style habituel des orateurs du Parti et comprenait même des mots novlangue,, plus de mots novlangue même qu'aucun orateur du parti n'auraient normalement employé dans la vie réelle.
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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.