scolopendre
\skɔ.lɔ.pɑ̃dʁ\
The verdict
“scolopendre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom vulgaire de Asplenium scolopendrium une fougère à longues feuilles, qui croît dans les régions humides et ombreuses.
Corpus desk
Index FR-scolopendre · scolopendre · French
scolopendre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | scolopendre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \skɔ.lɔ.pɑ̃dʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “scolopendre” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
scolopendre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \skɔ.lɔ.pɑ̃dʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom vulgaire de Asplenium scolopendrium une fougère à longues feuilles, qui croît dans les régions humides et ombreuses.".
No misspelling variants are generated for scolopendre in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 scolopendre, spelled S-C-O-L-O-P-E-N-D-R-E.
Definition
- 1Nom vulgaire de Asplenium scolopendrium une fougère à longues feuilles, qui croît dans les régions humides et ombreuses.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how scolopendre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
1. La Scolopendre officinale ou des boutiques, ou Langue-de-cerf : […]. Cette belle fougère croit en Europe
La scolopendre fructifie de juin en septembre. Elle croît sur les vieilles murailles, sur les rochers humides, dans les puits.
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