sycophant
The verdict
“sycophant” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Flagorneur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sycophant · sycophant · French
sycophant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | sycophant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
sycophant is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Flagorneur.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sycophant, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is sycophant, spelled S-Y-C-O-P-H-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Flagorneur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sycophant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Citant le mot devenu maxime, 'il n’a vu dans les lettres que les facultés qu’elles offraient d’en sortir' (p.212), Brunetière trouve comme conséquence nécessaire que l’auteur ne peut être qu'un sycophant dérisoire,un brodeur de vers rampant.
Leur principale critique était que la liberté d'expression n'existait pas. Comme en Guinée, le parti unique, The Convention People's Party, faisait des ravages. Y adhéraient des sycophants et des arrivistes. Je refusais de donner foi à ces propos.
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.