ceindre
\sɛ̃dʁ\
The verdict
“ceindre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Entourer ; environner.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ceindre · ceindre · French
ceindre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | ceindre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sɛ̃dʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ceindre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ceindre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sɛ̃dʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ceindre, 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.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is ceindre, spelled C-E-I-N-D-R-E.
Definition
- 1Entourer ; environner.
- 2Serrer et entourer quelque partie du corps, en parlant d’une chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ceindre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pendant que le « grand frisé » s’occupe du déjeuner, nous allons promener les enfants dans les allées de tilleuls qui ceignent les débris des vieilles tours de garde du château.
Cette zone forestière correspond à la région humide des nuages qui ceignent les flancs du pic pendant la majeure partie de l’année et qui se dissipent généralement le soir pour reparaître peu après le lever du soleil.
This word in other languages
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.