ciboule

\si.bul\

/\si.bul\/ noun

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.

Key facts for ciboule
PropertyValue
Headwordciboule
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\si.bul\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « ciboule » en français

ciboulereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    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.
  2. 2
    Tête, cervelle, tronche.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. 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.
  2. Il se leva d’un bond, courut à la cuisine, ordonna de chercher dans le village, une miche, du fromage blanc, de la ciboule.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ciboule"?
"ciboule" is spelled C-I-B-O-U-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \si.bul\.
What does "ciboule" mean?
As a noun, "ciboule" means: 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.
How do you pronounce "ciboule"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ciboule" is \si.bul\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ciboule" come from?
"ciboule" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list