Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
\ʃɛʁ.buʁ.ɑ̃.kɔ.tɑ̃.tɛ̃\
The verdict
“Cherbourg-en-Cotentin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de la Manche.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cherbourg-en-cotentin · Cherbourg-en-Cotentin · French
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | Cherbourg-en-Cotentin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʃɛʁ.buʁ.ɑ̃.kɔ.tɑ̃.tɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Cherbourg-en-Cotentin” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʃɛʁ.buʁ.ɑ̃.kɔ.tɑ̃.tɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Commune française, située dans le département de la Manche.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, spelled C-H-E-R-B-O-U-R-G---E-N---C-O-T-E-N-T-I-N.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de la Manche.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Cherbourg-en-Cotentin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ainsi, le maire de Combe administrait le vie de 17 habitants et celui de Molpré celle de 22 habitants ! À l'inverse, la nouvelle commune la plus importante se situe dans la Manche. En fusionnant avec ses quatre voisines, Cherbourg-Octeville, rebaptisé Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, rassemble presque 82.000 habitants.
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