Terpsichore
\tɛʁ.psi.kɔʁ\
The verdict
“Terpsichore” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper 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) - Muse de la danse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-terpsichore · Terpsichore · French
Terpsichore · 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 "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 | Terpsichore |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \tɛʁ.psi.kɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Terpsichore » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Terpsichore is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \tɛʁ.psi.kɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Terpsichore in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Terpsichore, spelled T-E-R-P-S-I-C-H-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1Muse de la danse.
- 2(81) Terpsichore, planète mineure.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Terpsichore appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La danse, c’est la poésie avec des bras et des jambes, c’est la matière, gracieuse et terrible, animée, embellie par le mouvement. — Terpsichore est une Muse du midi ; je présume qu’elle était très-brune, et qu’elle a souvent agité ses pieds dans les blés dorés ; ses mouvements, pleins d’une cadence précise, sont autant de divins motifs pour la statuaire.
Au galop final une idée lui vient, celle de faire partager à son enfant les joies de Terpsichore, et s’éloignant du galop une seconde, elle me saisit et m’attire dans le tourbillon. Le galop est fini que je saute encore, et elle a l’air d’un Savoyard qui fait danser une marionnette.
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.