céleste
\se.lɛst\
The verdict
“céleste” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #8,688 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #8,688
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui appartient au ciel, pris pour l’espace qui semble former une voûte au-dessus de la terre.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | céleste |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \se.lɛst\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #8,688 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “céleste” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for céleste is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, 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 generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for céleste, with forms such as "ccéleste", "celeste", and "cléeste". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "celte", "Colette", "célestin", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is céleste, spelled C-É-L-E-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Qui appartient au ciel, pris pour l’espace qui semble former une voûte au-dessus de la terre.
- 2Qui appartient au ciel, pris pour le séjour des bienheureux.
- 3Qui est divin, qui vient de Dieu.
- 4Ce qui est d’une nature excellente, supérieure.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccéleste,celeste,cléeste,céelste,céleset,célesste,célestte,céletse,célleste,célsete,écleste
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of céleste - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “céleste”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-É-L-E-S-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \se.lɛst\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “celte” - see the side-by-side comparison. céleste vs celte
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.