septime

\sɛp.tim\

/\sɛp.tim\/ noun

The verdict

“septime” is uncommon French (frequency #52,341 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,341
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Position où la main est en supination, paume et ongles vers le ciel, et la pointe de l’arme est légèrement plus basse que la main et dirigée vers une cible de l’adversaire, alors que l’avant-bras e...

Corpus desk

Index FR-septime · septime · French

septime · rank #52,341 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,341
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH serpentine

Nearest frequency peer: serpentine (+1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « septime »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « septime » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for septime
PropertyValue
Headwordseptime
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɛp.tim\
Letters7
Frequency rank#52,341
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « septime » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).septimetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « serpentine » (#52,342), « sensuels » (#52,339), « serpillière » (#52,343). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « septime » est au #52,341. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

septime is uncommon French at frequency #52,341 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɛp.tim\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for septime, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 septime, spelled S-E-P-T-I-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Position où la main est en supination, paume et ongles vers le ciel, et la pointe de l’arme est légèrement plus basse que la main et dirigée vers une cible de l’adversaire, alors que l’avant-bras est collé contre le buste.
  2. 2
    Adjectif numéral correspondant à septième.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. L’engagement de septime peut-être utilisé pour générer une réaction de l’adversaire et en tirer parti.

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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "septime"?
"septime" is spelled S-E-P-T-I-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛp.tim\.
What does "septime" mean?
As a noun, "septime" means: Position où la main est en supination, paume et ongles vers le ciel, et la pointe de l’arme est légèrement plus basse que la main et dirigée vers une cible de l’adversaire, alors que l’avant-bras e...
How do you pronounce "septime"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "septime" is \sɛp.tim\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "septime", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list