cicisbée
\si.sis.be\
The verdict
“cicisbée” 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) - Sigisbée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cicisbee · cicisbée · French
cicisbée · 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 | cicisbée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \si.sis.be\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
cicisbée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \si.sis.be\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sigisbée.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cicisbée, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is cicisbée, spelled C-I-C-I-S-B-É-E.
Definition
- 1Sigisbée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cicisbée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle me présente d’abord le marquis Agostino Grimaldi delia pietra, son grand cicisbée dans la longue absence de son mari qui vivait à Lisbone.
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.