scyphiforme
\si.fi.fɔʁm\
The verdict
“scyphiforme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En forme de coupe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-scyphiforme · scyphiforme · French
scyphiforme · 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 | scyphiforme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \si.fi.fɔʁm\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
scyphiforme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \si.fi.fɔʁm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En forme de coupe.".
scyphiforme has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is scyphiforme, spelled S-C-Y-P-H-I-F-O-R-M-E.
Definition
- 1En forme de coupe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how scyphiforme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
SCYPHIFORME, adj., scyphiformis ; becherformig, fingerhutförmig, Kelchförmig (all.) (scyphus, coupe, forma, forme) ; qui a la forme d’une petite coupe.
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.