rhapsode
\ʁap.sɔd\
The verdict
“rhapsode” 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) - Nom que l’on donnait à ceux qui allaient de ville en ville chanter des morceaux détachés de l’Iliade et de l’Odyssée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rhapsode · rhapsode · French
rhapsode · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | rhapsode |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁap.sɔd\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
rhapsode is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁap.sɔd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom que l’on donnait à ceux qui allaient de ville en ville chanter des morceaux détachés de l’Iliade et de l’Odyssée.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for rhapsode, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is rhapsode, spelled R-H-A-P-S-O-D-E.
Definition
- 1Nom que l’on donnait à ceux qui allaient de ville en ville chanter des morceaux détachés de l’Iliade et de l’Odyssée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rhapsode appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On ne peut être rhapsode et acteur en même temps.
On dut faire le siège de cette maison défendue par deux hommes et quatre femmes, dont une mourante. Et ce siège fut une épopée digne des rhapsodes !
This word in other languages
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