candélabre
\kɑ̃.de.labʁ\
The verdict
“candélabre” is uncommon French (frequency #84,608 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,608
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Support à plusieurs branches, garnies de bougies de cire, de becs de gaz ou d’ampoules électriques ou tout autre foyer de lumière.
Corpus desk
Index FR-candelabre · candélabre · French
candélabre · rank #84,608 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,608
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH camés
Nearest frequency peer: camés (-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 « candélabre »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Cammas
Cammas
15,396 corpus weight
- campi
campi
15,395 corpus weight
- camés
camés
15,394 corpus weight
- candélabre
candélabre
15,393 corpus weight
- Canuel
Canuel
15,392 corpus weight
- canuts
canuts
15,391 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « candélabre » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | candélabre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɑ̃.de.labʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #84,608 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « candélabre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
candélabre is uncommon French at frequency #84,608 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɑ̃.de.labʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
candélabre has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is candélabre, spelled C-A-N-D-É-L-A-B-R-E.
Definition
- 1Support à plusieurs branches, garnies de bougies de cire, de becs de gaz ou d’ampoules électriques ou tout autre foyer de lumière.
- 2Couronnement en forme de balustre qui figure une torchère.
- 3Motif, souvent végétal, qui orne des pilastres ou des pieds-droits.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how candélabre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quatre candélabres d’argent, supportant de grands cierges de cire, éclairaient cet appartement.
[…] le roi de Navarre, escorté de deux pages qui portaient huit flambeaux de cire jaune sur deux candélabres, apparut souriant sur le seuil de la chambre.
Synonyms
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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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