céleste

/\se.lɛst\/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,688

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

céleste is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui appartient au ciel, pris pour l’espace qui semble former une voûte au-dessus de la terre. Pronounced \se.lɛst\. It ranks #8,688 in French word frequency. Often confused with celte and Colette.

Key facts for céleste
PropertyValue
Headwordcéleste
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\se.lɛst\
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,688
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of céleste in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for céleste is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \se.lɛst\. Corpus data places it at rank #8,688 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for céleste, with forms such as "ccéleste", "celeste", and "cléeste". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "celte", "Colette", "célestin", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is céleste, spelled C-É-L-E-S-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui appartient au ciel, pris pour l’espace qui semble former une voûte au-dessus de la terre.
  2. 2
    Qui appartient au ciel, pris pour le séjour des bienheureux.
  3. 3
    Qui est divin, qui vient de Dieu.
  4. 4
    Ce qui est d’une nature excellente, supérieure.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccéleste,celeste,cléeste,céelste,céleset,célesste,célestte,céletse,célleste,célsete,écleste

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for céleste

Misspelling Variants of "céleste"

ccéleste8celeste7cléeste7céelste7céleset7célesste8célestte8céletse7
Misspelling Variants of "céleste"

Frequency rank: #8,688 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "céleste"?
"céleste" is spelled C-É-L-E-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \se.lɛst\.
What does "céleste" mean?
As an adj, "céleste" means: Qui appartient au ciel, pris pour l’espace qui semble former une voûte au-dessus de la terre.
What words are commonly confused with "céleste"?
"céleste" is commonly confused with "celte", "Colette", "célestin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "céleste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "céleste" is \se.lɛst\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "céleste" come from?
"céleste" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.