ciboule
\si.bul\
The verdict
“ciboule” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom usuel d'une plante herbacée vivace de la famille des Amaryllidaceae (Amaryllidacées), sorte de petit oignon dont les feuilles et le bulbe aromatiques servent en cuisine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ciboule · ciboule · French
ciboule · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | ciboule |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \si.bul\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ciboule » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ciboule is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \si.bul\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ciboule, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 ciboule, spelled C-I-B-O-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1Nom usuel d'une plante herbacée vivace de la famille des Amaryllidaceae (Amaryllidacées), sorte de petit oignon dont les feuilles et le bulbe aromatiques servent en cuisine.
- 2Tête, cervelle, tronche.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ciboule appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sauce à la Sainte-Menehould. […] délayez votre sauce avec du lait ou de la crème ; assaisonnez-la d’un bouquet de persil et ciboules, la moitié d'une feuille de laurier, quelques champignons et échalotes.
Il se leva d’un bond, courut à la cuisine, ordonna de chercher dans le village, une miche, du fromage blanc, de la ciboule.
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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.