ultimogéniture
\ul.ti.mɔ.ʒe.ni.tyʁ\
The verdict
“ultimogéniture” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Priorité des droits de succession et d’héritage du benjamin par rapport aux autres frères et sœurs.
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Index FR-ultimogeniture · ultimogéniture · French
ultimogéniture · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" 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 | ultimogéniture |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ul.ti.mɔ.ʒe.ni.tyʁ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
ultimogéniture is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ul.ti.mɔ.ʒe.ni.tyʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Priorité des droits de succession et d’héritage du benjamin par rapport aux autres frères et sœurs.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ultimogéniture, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is ultimogéniture, spelled U-L-T-I-M-O-G-É-N-I-T-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Priorité des droits de succession et d’héritage du benjamin par rapport aux autres frères et sœurs.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ultimogéniture appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le fait que le cadet (uma) des six fils soit l’ancêtre des Jinghpaw est le préambule mythique de la règle d’ultimogéniture.
L’ultimogéniture masculine, selon laquelle le dernier-né des garçons est choisi comme successeur, correspond en général à un type souche faible, moins autoritaire et moins favorable aux garçons que ceux qui pratiquent la primogéniture. […]. L’ultimogéniture pouvait être observée en Suisse, dans le canton de Berne notamment, et dans le nord-ouest de l'Alle…
Antonyms
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.