stylo-plume

\sti.lo.plym\

/\sti.lo.plym\/ noun

The verdict

“stylo-plume” 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) - Stylographe muni d’un réservoir d’encre et d’une plume métallique pour écrire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-stylo-plume · stylo-plume · French

stylo-plume · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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.

Key facts for stylo-plume
PropertyValue
Headwordstylo-plume
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sti.lo.plym\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « stylo-plume » en français

stylo-plumesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

stylo-plume is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sti.lo.plym\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stylographe muni d’un réservoir d’encre et d’une plume métallique pour écrire.".

stylo-plume has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is stylo-plume, spelled S-T-Y-L-O---P-L-U-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stylographe muni d’un réservoir d’encre et d’une plume métallique pour écrire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En 1906, trois allemands (un papetier, un banquier, un ingénieur) inventent le porte-plume fonctionnant avec son propre réservoir qui deviendra un stylo-plume ou stylo (raccourci du mot stylographe).
  2. Il ouvrit son cahier et sortit son stylo-plume...

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "stylo-plume"?
"stylo-plume" is spelled S-T-Y-L-O---P-L-U-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sti.lo.plym\.
What does "stylo-plume" mean?
As a noun, "stylo-plume" means: Stylographe muni d’un réservoir d’encre et d’une plume métallique pour écrire.
How do you pronounce "stylo-plume"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stylo-plume" is \sti.lo.plym\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stylo-plume" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list