Cagliostro

\ka.jɔs.tʁo\

/\ka.jɔs.tʁo\/ name

The verdict

“Cagliostro” is uncommon French (frequency #67,352 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,352
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pseudo-titre comtal de Giuseppe Balsamo, aventurier sicilien (1743-1795).

Corpus desk

Index FR-cagliostro · Cagliostro · French

Cagliostro · rank #67,352 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,352
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cadavérique

Nearest frequency peer: cadavérique (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Cagliostro »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Cagliostro » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Cagliostro
PropertyValue
HeadwordCagliostro
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ka.jɔs.tʁo\
Letters10
Frequency rank#67,352
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Cagliostro » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Cagliostrotombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « cadavérique » (#67,351), « caillouteux » (#67,353), « cachais » (#67,350). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Cagliostro » est au #67,352. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Cagliostro is uncommon French at frequency #67,352 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ka.jɔs.tʁo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pseudo-titre comtal de Giuseppe Balsamo, aventurier sicilien (1743-1795).".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Cagliostro in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 Cagliostro, spelled C-A-G-L-I-O-S-T-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pseudo-titre comtal de Giuseppe Balsamo, aventurier sicilien (1743-1795).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Son nom d’abord intriguait, et puis la façon vraiment impressionnante qu’elle avait de s’apparenter au fameux Cagliostro par ses allures mystérieuses, certaines guérisons miraculeuses qu’elle opéra, les réponses qu’elle donnait aux gens qui la consultaient sur leur passé ou sur leur avenir.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Cagliostro"?
"Cagliostro" is spelled C-A-G-L-I-O-S-T-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.jɔs.tʁo\.
What does "Cagliostro" mean?
As a proper noun, "Cagliostro" means: Pseudo-titre comtal de Giuseppe Balsamo, aventurier sicilien (1743-1795).
How do you pronounce "Cagliostro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Cagliostro" is \ka.jɔs.tʁo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Cagliostro", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list