septantième
\sɛp.tɑ̃.tjɛm\
The verdict
“septantième” 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 September 3, 2026) - Élément ordinal, correspondant au cardinal septante.
Corpus desk
Index FR-septantieme · septantième · French
septantième · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | septantième |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɛp.tɑ̃.tjɛm\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
septantième is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɛp.tɑ̃.tjɛm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for septantième, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is septantième, spelled S-E-P-T-A-N-T-I-È-M-E.
Definition
- 1Élément ordinal, correspondant au cardinal septante.
- 2Fraction obtenue en divisant septante fois.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how septantième appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le septantième précède le septante-et-unième et suit le soixante-neuvième.
Donnez-moi le septantième de ces gâteaux.
Synonyms
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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.