cicerone
\si.se.ʁɔn\
The verdict
“cicerone” 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 September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de cicérone.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cicerone · cicerone · French
cicerone · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | cicerone |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \si.se.ʁɔn\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cicerone » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cicerone is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \si.se.ʁɔn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de cicérone.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cicerone, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is cicerone, spelled C-I-C-E-R-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de cicérone.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cicerone appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Trop souvent des voyageurs,ou même des écrivains qui n'ont jamais vu Pompéi,répètent avec confiance les contes absurdes débités par les Ciceroni.
Ma cicerone, plus prudente et habituée, se tenait à distance raisonnable.
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.