Céline

\se.lin\

/\se.lin\/ name

The verdict

“Céline” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,297. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,297
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-celine · Céline · French

Céline · rank #7,297 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,297
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cycliste

Nearest frequency peer: cycliste (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Céline »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Céline » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Céline vs ciné
33% similar
Céline vs clin
50% similar
Céline vs celle
33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Céline
PropertyValue
HeadwordCéline
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\se.lin\
Letters6
Frequency rank#7,297
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Céline »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Célinese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cycliste » (#7,296), « dead » (#7,298), « créent » (#7,295). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Céline » est au #7,297. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Céline (IPA \se.lin\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #7,297 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom féminin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Céline, with forms such as "ccéline", "celine", and "cléine". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ciné", "clin", "celle", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Céline, spelled C-É-L-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom féminin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Céline appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les grammairiens se sont passé le mot pendant des siècles pour « muettiser » les femmes, estime Céline Labrosse, auteur de Pour une grammaire non sexiste. Il faut donc « dégenriser », dit-elle, abolir la prépondérance du masculin.
  2. Pour la septième semaine, Céline Parzys mettra à l’honneur le patrimoine culinaire de la Charente-Maritime.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccéline
  • celine
  • cléine
  • céilne
  • célien
  • célinne
  • célline
  • célnie
  • écline

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Céline - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccéline1celine1cléine2céilne2célien2célinne1célline1célnie2
Edit distance from "Céline"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Céline"?
"Céline" is spelled C-É-L-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \se.lin\.
What does "Céline" mean?
As a proper noun, "Céline" means: Prénom féminin.
What words are commonly confused with "Céline"?
"Céline" is commonly confused with "ciné", "clin", "celle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Céline"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Céline" is \se.lin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Céline" come from?
"Céline" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Céline", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list