zostère
\zɔ.stɛʁ\
The verdict
“zostère” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zoster, genre de plantes aquatiques de la famille des zostéracées.
Corpus desk
Index FR-zostere · zostère · French
zostère · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | zostère |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \zɔ.stɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
zostère is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \zɔ.stɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for zostère, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 zostère, spelled Z-O-S-T-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Zoster, genre de plantes aquatiques de la famille des zostéracées.
- 2Zostère marine (Zostera marina), croissant submergée sur les côtes de presque toutes les mers, surtout méridionales ; on donnait aux feuilles le nom de crin végétal ; desséchées, on s’en servait pour faire des matelas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zostère appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au cours de la dernière décennie, les scientifiques ont également remarqué que les loutres peuvent exercer le même effet de cascade dans les habitats de zostères, ces longues herbes aquatiques que l'on trouve près des côtes.
Enfin de vastes bancs d'un sable jaunâtre, de vertes prairies de zostères ou plantes marines, sortent à leur tour de dessous les flots, ….
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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.