cataclysmes
\ka.ta.klism\
The verdict
“cataclysmes” is uncommon French (frequency #76,407 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,407
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de cataclysme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cataclysmes · cataclysmes · French
cataclysmes · rank #76,407 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,407
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH catins
Nearest frequency peer: catins (+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 « cataclysmes »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- caritatifs
caritatifs
23,598 corpus weight
- casale
casale
23,596 corpus weight
- cataclysmes
cataclysmes
23,594 corpus weight
- catins
catins
23,593 corpus weight
- cement
cement
23,592 corpus weight
- centrisme
centrisme
23,591 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cataclysmes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cataclysmes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.ta.klism\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #76,407 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cataclysmes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cataclysmes is uncommon French at frequency #76,407 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.ta.klism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de cataclysme.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for cataclysmes in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cataclysmes, spelled C-A-T-A-C-L-Y-S-M-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de cataclysme.
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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