ciborium
\si.bɔ.ʁjɔm\
The verdict
“ciborium” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dais (de pierre, de métal ou de bois) qui est porté par quatre colonnes et qui surmonte un autel pour le protéger et le mettre en valeur. À partir de l’époque médiévale c’est le terme « baldaquin »...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ciborium |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \si.bɔ.ʁjɔm\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ciborium” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ciborium is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \si.bɔ.ʁjɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dais (de pierre, de métal ou de bois) qui est porté par quatre colonnes et qui surmonte un autel pour le protéger et le mettre en valeur. À partir de l’époque médiévale c’est le terme « baldaquin »...".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ciborium, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 ciborium, spelled C-I-B-O-R-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1Dais (de pierre, de métal ou de bois) qui est porté par quatre colonnes et qui surmonte un autel pour le protéger et le mettre en valeur. À partir de l’époque médiévale c’est le terme « baldaquin » qui est préféré.
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Using “ciborium”
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- The one correct French spelling is C-I-B-O-R-I-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \si.bɔ.ʁjɔm\ (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.