selknam
\sɛlk.nam\
The verdict
“selknam” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de selk’nam : relatif aux Selk’nam (peuple).
Corpus desk
Index FR-selknam · selknam · French
selknam · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | selknam |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \sɛlk.nam\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « selknam » en français
Rare enough to double-check
selknam is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \sɛlk.nam\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for selknam in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 selknam, spelled S-E-L-K-N-A-M.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de selk’nam : relatif aux Selk’nam (peuple).
- 2Variante orthographique de selk’nam : relatif au selk’nam (langue).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how selknam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils pourraient prendre les jeunes hommes selknam de Terre de Feu photographiés au début du XXᵉ siècle par Martin Gusinde pour des performeurs des années 1960 à New York ou Paris, se moquant des modes abstraites du moment, en raison des peintures corporelles en bandes noires et blanches alternées qui les changent en créatures fantastiques.
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.