tentacule
\tɑ̃.ta.kyl\
The verdict
“tentacule” is uncommon French (frequency #64,821 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,821
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Appendice charnu et mobile dont plusieurs animaux sont pourvus, et qu’ils tendent en avant, soit pour tâter le terrain ou les objets environnants, soit pour saisir leur proie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tentacule · tentacule · French
tentacule · rank #64,821 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,821
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH templier
Nearest frequency peer: templier (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « tentacule »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- tatoueurs
tatoueurs
35,183 corpus weight
- tellurique
tellurique
35,182 corpus weight
- templier
templier
35,181 corpus weight
- tentacule
tentacule
35,180 corpus weight
- terminologi…
terminologique
35,179 corpus weight
- terrassemen…
terrassements
35,178 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « tentacule » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tentacule |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɑ̃.ta.kyl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #64,821 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tentacule » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tentacule is uncommon French at frequency #64,821 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɑ̃.ta.kyl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for tentacule in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is tentacule, spelled T-E-N-T-A-C-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1Appendice charnu et mobile dont plusieurs animaux sont pourvus, et qu’ils tendent en avant, soit pour tâter le terrain ou les objets environnants, soit pour saisir leur proie.
- 2Tout ce qui attrape, enserre, agrippe, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tentacule appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Chez de nombreuses espèces de pieuvres, on peut savoir si elles sont mâles ou femelles grâce à la présence d'une rainure sous le troisième tentacule droit.
La plupart des zoophytes ont des tentacules.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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