cambrien
\kɑ̃.bʁi.jɛ̃\
The verdict
“cambrien” is uncommon French (frequency #65,001 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,001
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Langue celtique insulaire (groupe brittonique) parlée jusqu’au XIᵉ ou XIIᵉ siècle dans le sud-ouest de l’Écosse et le nord-ouest de l’Angleterre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cambrien · cambrien · French
cambrien · rank #65,001 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,001
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH camée
Nearest frequency peer: camée (+2 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 « cambrien »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- caddy
caddy
35,005 corpus weight
- calcules
calcules
35,004 corpus weight
- califourchon
califourchon
35,003 corpus weight
- cambrien
cambrien
35,000 corpus weight
- camée
camée
34,998 corpus weight
- capétiens
capétiens
34,996 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cambrien » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cambrien |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɑ̃.bʁi.jɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #65,001 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cambrien » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cambrien is uncommon French at frequency #65,001 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɑ̃.bʁi.jɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Langue celtique insulaire (groupe brittonique) parlée jusqu’au XIᵉ ou XIIᵉ siècle dans le sud-ouest de l’Écosse et le nord-ouest de l’Angleterre.".
No misspelling variants are generated for cambrien in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cambrien, spelled C-A-M-B-R-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1Langue celtique insulaire (groupe brittonique) parlée jusqu’au XIᵉ ou XIIᵉ siècle dans le sud-ouest de l’Écosse et le nord-ouest de l’Angleterre.
This word in other languages
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.
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