cercle vicieux
\sɛʁkl vi.sjø\
The verdict
“cercle vicieux” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Raisonnement circulaire invalide.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cercle vicieux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɛʁkl vi.sjø\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cercle vicieux” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for cercle vicieux is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sɛʁkl vi.sjø\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
cercle vicieux doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cercle vicieux, spelled C-E-R-C-L-E- -V-I-C-I-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Raisonnement circulaire invalide.
- 2Causes et effets qui s’entretiennent ou s’amplifient mutuellement et dégradent une situation.
- 3Cercle lié au vice.
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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.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-E-R-C-L-E- -V-I-C-I-E-U-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sɛʁkl vi.sjø\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.