ultimogéniture

\ul.ti.mɔ.ʒe.ni.tyʁ\

/\ul.ti.mɔ.ʒe.ni.tyʁ\/ noun

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.

Corpus desk

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.

Key facts for ultimogéniture
PropertyValue
Headwordultimogéniture
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ul.ti.mɔ.ʒe.ni.tyʁ\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « ultimogéniture » en français

ultimogéniturereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Priorité des droits de succession et d’héritage du benjamin par rapport aux autres frères et sœurs.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how ultimogéniture appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le fait que le cadet (uma) des six fils soit l’ancêtre des Jinghpaw est le préambule mythique de la règle d’ultimogéniture.
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ultimogéniture"?
"ultimogéniture" is spelled U-L-T-I-M-O-G-É-N-I-T-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ul.ti.mɔ.ʒe.ni.tyʁ\.
What does "ultimogéniture" mean?
As a noun, "ultimogéniture" means: Priorité des droits de succession et d’héritage du benjamin par rapport aux autres frères et sœurs.
How do you pronounce "ultimogéniture"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ultimogéniture" is \ul.ti.mɔ.ʒe.ni.tyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ultimogéniture" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list