synalèphe
\si.na.lɛf\
The verdict
“synalèphe” 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) - Contraction des syllabes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-synalephe · synalèphe · French
synalèphe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | synalèphe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \si.na.lɛf\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
synalèphe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \si.na.lɛf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Contraction des syllabes.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for synalèphe, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is synalèphe, spelled S-Y-N-A-L-È-P-H-E.
Definition
- 1Contraction des syllabes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how synalèphe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quelque un, est devenu, après une synalèphe, quelqu'un.
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.