Castelsarrasin
\kas.tɛl.sa.ʁa.zɛ̃\
The verdict
“Castelsarrasin” is uncommon French (frequency #89,505 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,505
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de Tarn-et-Garonne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-castelsarrasin · Castelsarrasin · French
Castelsarrasin · rank #89,505 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,505
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cauchemardesq…
Nearest frequency peer: cauchemardesques (+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 « Castelsarrasin »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- capitula
capitula
10,500 corpus weight
- caput
caput
10,499 corpus weight
- caribéennes
caribéennes
10,498 corpus weight
- Castelsarra…
Castelsarrasin
10,496 corpus weight
- cauchemarde…
cauchemardesques
10,495 corpus weight
- caudron
caudron
10,494 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Castelsarrasin » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Castelsarrasin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \kas.tɛl.sa.ʁa.zɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #89,505 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Castelsarrasin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Castelsarrasin is uncommon French at frequency #89,505 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \kas.tɛl.sa.ʁa.zɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Castelsarrasin in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Castelsarrasin, spelled C-A-S-T-E-L-S-A-R-R-A-S-I-N.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de Tarn-et-Garonne.
- 2Canton français, situé dans le département de Tarn-et-Garonne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Castelsarrasin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Va-t-il me falloir enregistrer que Castelsarrasin, centre d'un obscurantisme homicide, évolue à rebours de la civilisation? Non!
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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