rhabdomancie
\ʁab.dɔ.mɑ̃.si\
The verdict
“rhabdomancie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Moyen par lequel on cherche à déceler les sources, les mines, les trésors enfouis, etc., en tenant par les deux bouts une baguette de coudrier, qui tournerait à l’approche de l’objet cherché.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rhabdomancie · rhabdomancie · French
rhabdomancie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | rhabdomancie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁab.dɔ.mɑ̃.si\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
rhabdomancie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁab.dɔ.mɑ̃.si\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Moyen par lequel on cherche à déceler les sources, les mines, les trésors enfouis, etc., en tenant par les deux bouts une baguette de coudrier, qui tournerait à l’approche de l’objet cherché.".
rhabdomancie doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is rhabdomancie, spelled R-H-A-B-D-O-M-A-N-C-I-E.
Definition
- 1Moyen par lequel on cherche à déceler les sources, les mines, les trésors enfouis, etc., en tenant par les deux bouts une baguette de coudrier, qui tournerait à l’approche de l’objet cherché.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how rhabdomancie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il pratiquait aussi la rhabdomancie, mais en se cachant : à l’époque, ces bizarres pratiques pouvaient encore entraîner l’accusation de sorcellerie.
Synonyms
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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.