celui-ci
\sə.lɥi.si\
The verdict
“celui-ci” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pronom démonstratif proximal pour remplacer la personne, la chose dont on parle avec précision en genre et en nombre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-celui-ci · celui-ci · French
celui-ci · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | celui-ci |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | \sə.lɥi.si\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « celui-ci » en français
Rare enough to double-check
celui-ci is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apronoun, transcribed \sə.lɥi.si\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
celui-ci has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is celui-ci, spelled C-E-L-U-I---C-I.
Definition
- 1Pronom démonstratif proximal pour remplacer la personne, la chose dont on parle avec précision en genre et en nombre.
- 2Celui dont on a parlé juste avant, par opposition au sujet ou le premier des deux du même type dans la phrase précédente.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how celui-ci appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Celui-ci est un modèle très particulier.
Celle-ci est unique au monde.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.