Cassiopée

\ka.sjɔ.pe\

/\ka.sjɔ.pe\/ name

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The verdict

“Cassiopée” is uncommon French (frequency #68,891 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,891
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Constellation de l’hémisphère nord, facilement reconnaissable grâce à sa forme de W. Elle est bordée par Céphée, le Lézard, Andromède, Persée et la Girafe.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cassiopee · Cassiopée · French

Cassiopée · rank #68,891 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,891
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cartographe

Nearest frequency peer: cartographe (-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 « Cassiopée »

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 « Cassiopée » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Cassiopée
PropertyValue
HeadwordCassiopée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ka.sjɔ.pe\
Letters9
Frequency rank#68,891
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Cassiopée » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Cassiopéetombe 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: « cartographe » (#68,890), « Cavaignac » (#68,892), « carrosses » (#68,889). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Cassiopée » est au #68,891. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Cassiopée is uncommon French at frequency #68,891 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ka.sjɔ.pe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Constellation de l’hémisphère nord, facilement reconnaissable grâce à sa forme de W. Elle est bordée par Céphée, le Lézard, Andromède, Persée et la Girafe.".

No misspelling variants are generated for Cassiopée in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Cassiopée, spelled C-A-S-S-I-O-P-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Constellation de l’hémisphère nord, facilement reconnaissable grâce à sa forme de W. Elle est bordée par Céphée, le Lézard, Andromède, Persée et la Girafe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Au-dessus de moi, les nuages chassent en désordre avec une extrême rapidité, et quelques constellations étincellent à travers leurs déchirures, ici Cassiopée, la Petite Ourse dans le nord, au zénith, Véga de la Lyre.
  2. Un instant, ils se turent, sans un mouvement, les regards perdus parmi les milliards de mondes, qui luisaient au ciel sombre. Une étoile filante traversa d’un trait de flamme la constellation de Cassiopée.

Synonyms

Siliquastrum

This word in other languages

Cassiopeia(English)

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 "Cassiopée"?
"Cassiopée" is spelled C-A-S-S-I-O-P-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.sjɔ.pe\.
What does "Cassiopée" mean?
As a proper noun, "Cassiopée" means: Constellation de l’hémisphère nord, facilement reconnaissable grâce à sa forme de W. Elle est bordée par Céphée, le Lézard, Andromède, Persée et la Girafe.
How do you pronounce "Cassiopée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Cassiopée" is \ka.sjɔ.pe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Cassiopée" come from?
"Cassiopée" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Cavaignac#68,892carrosses#68,889carapaces#68,883chantante#68,899

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list