ceinturon
\sɛ̃.ty.ʁɔ̃\
The verdict
“ceinturon” is uncommon French (frequency #58,487 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,487
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ceinture faite ordinairement de cuir à laquelle on suspend un sabre, une épée, un couteau de chasse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ceinturon · ceinturon · French
ceinturon · rank #58,487 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,487
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH centrifugeuse
Nearest frequency peer: centrifugeuse (+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 « ceinturon »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- catégoriser
catégoriser
41,518 corpus weight
- caténaire
caténaire
41,517 corpus weight
- causeries
causeries
41,516 corpus weight
- ceinturon
ceinturon
41,514 corpus weight
- centrifugeu…
centrifugeuse
41,513 corpus weight
- chairman
chairman
41,512 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ceinturon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ceinturon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɛ̃.ty.ʁɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #58,487 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ceinturon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ceinturon is uncommon French at frequency #58,487 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɛ̃.ty.ʁɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for ceinturon in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ceinturon, spelled C-E-I-N-T-U-R-O-N.
Definition
- 1Ceinture faite ordinairement de cuir à laquelle on suspend un sabre, une épée, un couteau de chasse.
- 2Sorte de large ceinture de cuir, en vogue à la fin du XXᵉ siècle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ceinturon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Des militaires venaient s’adosser aux arbres, les pouces dans le ceinturon.
Les deux travailleurs essuyèrent leurs visages trempés, réendossèrent leurs tuniques, bouclèrent leurs ceinturons, […].
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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