cigogne
\si.ɡɔɲ\
The verdict
“cigogne” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #38,702 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #38,702
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Oiseau échassier migrateur aux longues pattes et au long bec droit (du genre Ciconia).
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cigogne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \si.ɡɔɲ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #38,702 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cigogne” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for cigogne is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \si.ɡɔɲ\. Corpus data places it at rank #38,702 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cigogne, with forms such as "ccigogne", "cgiogne", and "ciggogne". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "cogné", "Cologne", "cigognes", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 cigogne, spelled C-I-G-O-G-N-E.
Definition
- 1Oiseau échassier migrateur aux longues pattes et au long bec droit (du genre Ciconia).
- 2(Folklorique ou par euphémisme) Cet oiseau vu comme celui qui vient livrer les bébés nouveau-nés à leurs parents, selon une légende populaire ou une façon d'expliquer la naissance aux enfants.
- 3Levier ou dispositif à forme recourbée qui rappelle le bec ou le cou de cet animal.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccigogne,cgiogne,ciggogne,ciggone,cigogen,cigoggne,cigognne,cigonge,cioggne,icgogne
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cigogne - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “cigogne”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-I-G-O-G-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \si.ɡɔɲ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cogné” - see the side-by-side comparison. cigogne vs cogné
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
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.