stolon
\stɔ.lɔ̃\
The verdict
“stolon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Organe végétal de multiplication asexuée, souvent tige aérienne qui porte des feuilles réduites à des écailles au niveau des nœuds.
Corpus desk
Index FR-stolon · stolon · French
stolon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | stolon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \stɔ.lɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « stolon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
stolon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \stɔ.lɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
stolon doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is stolon, spelled S-T-O-L-O-N.
Definition
- 1Organe végétal de multiplication asexuée, souvent tige aérienne qui porte des feuilles réduites à des écailles au niveau des nœuds.
- 2Disciple successeur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stolon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sous le couvert épais de la futaie, à luminosité réduite, la fructification devient difficile ; aussi, […], la multiplication végétative par stolons, rhizomes ou bulbes est-elle souvent la règle pour beaucoup d'espèces.
La culture potagère fournit un remarquable exemple de marcottage dans la multiplication du fraisier par filet, coulants ou stolons.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.