tendon d’Achille
\tɑ̃.dɔ̃.da.ʃil\
The verdict
“tendon d’Achille” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tendon placé sous le mollet qui rattache l’os du talon (sur la tubérosité du calcanéum) au muscle du mollet (muscle triceps sural).
Corpus desk
Index FR-tendon-d-achille · tendon d’Achille · French
tendon d’Achille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | tendon d’Achille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɑ̃.dɔ̃.da.ʃil\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tendon d’Achille » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tendon d’Achille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɑ̃.dɔ̃.da.ʃil\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
tendon d’Achille has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is tendon d’Achille, spelled T-E-N-D-O-N- -D-’-A-C-H-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Tendon placé sous le mollet qui rattache l’os du talon (sur la tubérosité du calcanéum) au muscle du mollet (muscle triceps sural).
- 2Variante de talon d’Achille. Point faible d’une personne, d’une chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tendon d’Achille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’incision externe de Bœckel associée à une ténotomie préalable du tendon d’Achille permet très bien de « décartilaginiser » les surfaces osseuses en contact avec astragale et mortaise tibio-tarsienne.
Cela nous fait perdre la face et laisse voir notre tendon d’Achille. L’autre ainsi informé sur notre fragilité pourra alors l’exploiter !
Synonyms
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.