sphinx du tilleul
The verdict
“sphinx du tilleul” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Une espèce d' insecte lépidoptère (papillon) de nuit de la famille des sphingidés (Sphingidae) dont le dos des ailes est de couleur bleu à vert.
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Index FR-sphinx-du-tilleul · sphinx du tilleul · French
sphinx du tilleul · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 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 | sphinx du tilleul |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sphinx du tilleul” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sphinx du tilleul is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Une espèce d' insecte lépidoptère (papillon) de nuit de la famille des sphingidés (Sphingidae) dont le dos des ailes est de couleur bleu à vert.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sphinx du tilleul, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is sphinx du tilleul, spelled S-P-H-I-N-X- -D-U- -T-I-L-L-E-U-L.
Definition
- 1Une espèce d' insecte lépidoptère (papillon) de nuit de la famille des sphingidés (Sphingidae) dont le dos des ailes est de couleur bleu à vert.
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