Cello
\ˈtʃɛloː\
The verdict
“Cello” is uncommon French (frequency #91,518 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,518
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Violoncelle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cello · Cello · French
Cello · rank #91,518 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,518
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cele
Nearest frequency peer: cele (-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 « Cello »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- cavada
cavada
8,488 corpus weight
- cele
cele
8,484 corpus weight
- Cello
Cello
8,483 corpus weight
- centrant
centrant
8,481 corpus weight
- chak
chak
8,480 corpus weight
- chama
chama
8,478 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Cello » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cello |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈtʃɛloː\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #91,518 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Cello » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Cello is uncommon French at frequency #91,518 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈtʃɛloː\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Violoncelle.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Cello in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Cello, spelled C-E-L-L-O.
Definition
- 1Violoncelle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Cello appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Du spieltest Cello in jedem Saal in unserer Gegend.
Synonyms
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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