zeugme
\zøɡm\
The verdict
“zeugme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de zeugma.
Corpus desk
Index FR-zeugme · zeugme · French
zeugme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" 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 | zeugme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \zøɡm\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « zeugme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
zeugme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \zøɡm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de zeugma.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for zeugme in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is zeugme, spelled Z-E-U-G-M-E.
Definition
- 1Variante de zeugma.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zeugme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« Il posa son chapeau, puis la question : voudriez vous me donner l’heure et un timbre ? » est un double zeugme.
« Il sauta le petit déjeuner et la bonne. » est un zeugme polisson.
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.