candomblé
\kɑ̃.dɔ̃.ble\
The verdict
“candomblé” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Religion afro-brésilienne pratiquée en Amérique du Sud, autour du culte des orishas.
Corpus desk
Index FR-candomble · candomblé · French
candomblé · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | candomblé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɑ̃.dɔ̃.ble\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
candomblé is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɑ̃.dɔ̃.ble\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Religion afro-brésilienne pratiquée en Amérique du Sud, autour du culte des orishas.".
candomblé doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is candomblé, spelled C-A-N-D-O-M-B-L-É.
Definition
- 1Religion afro-brésilienne pratiquée en Amérique du Sud, autour du culte des orishas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how candomblé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il a privilégié les pratiques religieuses les plus spectaculaires, comme le candomblé brésilien.
L’introduction du riz africain, emportés en cachette dans les cheveux d’une femme Noire selon les légendes des Marrons, les rites du candomblé brésilien, du vaudou haïtien ou de la santéria cubaine, ou encore les arts martiaux du danmyé en Martinique ou de la capoeira au Brésil attestent les survivances de cultures africaines offrant des espaces de résist…
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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.