celluloïd
\se.ly.lɔ.id\
The verdict
“celluloïd” is uncommon French (frequency #84,621 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,621
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Thermoplastique ressemblant à la corne et à l’ivoire, formé par un mélange de nitrocellulose et de camphre, parfois associé avec des matières pulvérulentes diversement colorées.
Corpus desk
Index FR-celluloid · celluloïd · French
celluloïd · rank #84,621 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,621
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH Cavill
Nearest frequency peer: Cavill (-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 « celluloïd »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- catfish
catfish
15,383 corpus weight
- Cattenom
Cattenom
15,382 corpus weight
- Cavill
Cavill
15,381 corpus weight
- celluloïd
celluloïd
15,380 corpus weight
- cenne
cenne
15,379 corpus weight
- censurent
censurent
15,378 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « celluloïd » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | celluloïd |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \se.ly.lɔ.id\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #84,621 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « celluloïd » en français
Rare enough to double-check
celluloïd is uncommon French at frequency #84,621 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \se.ly.lɔ.id\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for celluloïd, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is celluloïd, spelled C-E-L-L-U-L-O-Ï-D.
Definition
- 1Thermoplastique ressemblant à la corne et à l’ivoire, formé par un mélange de nitrocellulose et de camphre, parfois associé avec des matières pulvérulentes diversement colorées.
- 2Feuille transparente d’acétate de cellulose servant à créer les dessins animés.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how celluloïd appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
– Bon, tu as raison… mais pour ce qui est des clochettes, des sonnettes, ça non, je les entends… et aussi des bruits de crécelle, le crépitement des fleurs de celluloïd rouges, roses, mauves, tournant au vent…
Les deux femmes vivaient seules, le père ayant été tué par une presse à celluloïd qui lui avait basculé sur la tête.
Synonyms
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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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