cérémonieux
\se.ʁe.mɔ.njø\
The verdict
“cérémonieux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui fait beaucoup de cérémonies ; qui a une politesse affectée, incommode.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ceremonieux · cérémonieux · French
cérémonieux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | cérémonieux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \se.ʁe.mɔ.njø\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
cérémonieux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \se.ʁe.mɔ.njø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui fait beaucoup de cérémonies ; qui a une politesse affectée, incommode.".
Zero misspellings are on record for cérémonieux in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cérémonieux, spelled C-É-R-É-M-O-N-I-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui fait beaucoup de cérémonies ; qui a une politesse affectée, incommode.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cérémonieux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En vraie paysanne qu’elle était, Rosalie s’enferma dans des réponses cérémonieuses, sans dire ni oui ni non ; mais il était facile de voir qu’elle avait une envie très vive d’accepter.
[…] ; et, cérémonieux, un capitaine de houzards, grand, raide, le salua.
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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.