Ceylan

\sɛ.lɑ̃\

/\sɛ.lɑ̃\/ name

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The verdict

“Ceylan” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,513. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,513
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancien nom du Sri Lanka.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ceylan · Ceylan · French

Ceylan · rank #30,513 · 9 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,513
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH centièmes

Nearest frequency peer: centièmes (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Ceylan »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Ceylan » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Ceylan vs clan
50% similar
Ceylan vs cela
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Ceylan
PropertyValue
HeadwordCeylan
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\sɛ.lɑ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#30,513
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Ceylan »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Ceylanse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « centièmes » (#30,512), « chancelière » (#30,514), « caucus » (#30,511). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Ceylan » est au #30,513. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Ceylan (IPA \sɛ.lɑ̃\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #30,513 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ancien nom du Sri Lanka.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ceylan, with forms such as "cceylan", "celyan", and "ceyaln". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "clan", "cela", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Ceylan, spelled C-E-Y-L-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ancien nom du Sri Lanka.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Ceylan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il n’y avait pas un insecte à bord quand nous avons quitté Ceylan : brusquement, ils pullulent.

This word in other languages

Ceylon(English)Ceylon(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cceylan
  • celyan
  • ceyaln
  • ceylann
  • ceyllan
  • ceylna
  • ceyylan
  • cyelan
  • ecylan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ceylan - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cceylan1celyan2ceyaln2ceylann1ceyllan1ceylna2ceyylan1cyelan2
Edit distance from "Ceylan"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ceylan"?
"Ceylan" is spelled C-E-Y-L-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛ.lɑ̃\.
What does "Ceylan" mean?
As a proper noun, "Ceylan" means: Ancien nom du Sri Lanka.
What words are commonly confused with "Ceylan"?
"Ceylan" is commonly confused with "clan", "cela". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Ceylan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ceylan" is \sɛ.lɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ceylan" come from?
"Ceylan" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ceylan", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

caucus#30,511carbon#30,509cabale#30,505cinglé#30,523

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

broken9 variantsCézanne9 variantsDecker9 variantsdinars9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list