sélachimorphe

noun

The verdict

“sélachimorphe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Requin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-selachimorphe · sélachimorphe · French

sélachimorphe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 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.

Key facts for sélachimorphe
PropertyValue
Headwordsélachimorphe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « sélachimorphe » en français

sélachimorphereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sélachimorphe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Requin.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for sélachimorphe in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is sélachimorphe, spelled S-É-L-A-C-H-I-M-O-R-P-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Requin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how sélachimorphe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les requins, également connus sous le nom de Sélachimorphes (Selachimorpha), sont des poissons cartilagineux.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sélachimorphe"?
"sélachimorphe" is spelled S-É-L-A-C-H-I-M-O-R-P-H-E.
What does "sélachimorphe" mean?
As a noun, "sélachimorphe" means: Requin.
What language does "sélachimorphe" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list