Cellini
The verdict
“Cellini” is uncommon French (frequency #71,344 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,344
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille, connu notamment par l’orfèvre florentin Benvenuto Cellini, 1500-1571.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cellini · Cellini · French
Cellini · rank #71,344 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,344
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH CCNE
Nearest frequency peer: CCNE (-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 « Cellini »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- casernement
casernement
28,660 corpus weight
- CCNE
CCNE
28,658 corpus weight
- Cellini
Cellini
28,657 corpus weight
- cerceaux
cerceaux
28,656 corpus weight
- cervin
cervin
28,655 corpus weight
- chambouleme…
chamboulement
28,654 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Cellini » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cellini |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #71,344 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Cellini » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Cellini is uncommon French at frequency #71,344 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille, connu notamment par l’orfèvre florentin Benvenuto Cellini, 1500-1571.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Cellini in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 Cellini, spelled C-E-L-L-I-N-I.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille, connu notamment par l’orfèvre florentin Benvenuto Cellini, 1500-1571.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Cellini appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
. – À propos d’artiste, ne voyez-vous pas dans ce petit cabaret ce grand gaillard qui gesticule devant des badauds ? Il frappe son verre sur la table ; si je ne me trompe, c’est ce hâbleur de Cellini.
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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