Castillon

\kas.ti.jɔ̃\

/\kas.ti.jɔ̃\/ name

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The verdict

“Castillon” is uncommon French (frequency #50,110 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,110
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département des Alpes-Maritimes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-castillon · Castillon · French

Castillon · rank #50,110 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,110
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Carrey

Nearest frequency peer: Carrey (-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 « Castillon »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Castillon
PropertyValue
HeadwordCastillon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\kas.ti.jɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#50,110
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Castillon » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Castillontombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Carrey » (#50,109), « Carney » (#50,108), « cena » (#50,112). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Castillon » est au #50,110. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Castillon is uncommon French at frequency #50,110 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \kas.ti.jɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Castillon, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Castillon, spelled C-A-S-T-I-L-L-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département des Alpes-Maritimes.
  2. 2
    Commune française, située dans le département du Calvados.
  3. 3
    Commune française, située dans le département des Pyrénées-Atlantiques dans le canton d'Arthez-de-Béarn.
  4. 4
    Commune française, située dans le département des Pyrénées-Atlantiques dans le canton de Lembeye.
  5. 5
    Commune française, située dans le département des Hautes-Pyrénées.
  6. 6
    Village et ancienne commune française, située dans le département des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence intégrée dans la commune de Castellane.
  7. 7
    Ancien nom de la commune française Castillon-en-Couserans.
  8. 8
    Ancien nom de la commune française Castillon-de-Castets.
  9. 9
    Section de la commune de Walcourt en Belgique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. À quelques kilomètres, partez à la découverte des villages perchés de Sainte-Agnès, Castellar, Gorbio et Castillon, qui ont conservé toute leur authenticité.
  2. L'orage passé, un des pâtres descendit prévenir les gendarmes de Castillon.

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 "Castillon"?
"Castillon" is spelled C-A-S-T-I-L-L-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kas.ti.jɔ̃\.
What does "Castillon" mean?
As a proper noun, "Castillon" means: Commune française, située dans le département des Alpes-Maritimes.
How do you pronounce "Castillon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Castillon" is \kas.ti.jɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Castillon" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list