cils

\sil\

/\sil\/ noun

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The verdict

“cils” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,107. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,107
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de cil.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cils · cils · French

cils · rank #15,107 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,107
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chevelure

Nearest frequency peer: chevelure (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « cils »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « cils » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cils vs Cs
25% similar
cils vs Cl
25% similar
cils vs cul
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cils
PropertyValue
Headwordcils
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sil\
Letters4
Frequency rank#15,107
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cils »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cilsse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « chevelure » (#15,106), « Clichy » (#15,108), « casserole » (#15,105). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cils » est au #15,107. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around cils (IPA \sil\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,107 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de cil.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for cils, with forms such as "ccils", "cills", and "cilss". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Cs", "Cl", "cul", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cils, spelled C-I-L-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de cil.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elle dérobait du kohl à sa mère pour s’en noircir les cils et donner à ses yeux agrandis la langueur du regard des gazelles.
  2. Karl Marx et les faux cils.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccils
  • cills
  • cilss
  • cisl
  • clis
  • icls

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cils - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccils1cills1cilss1cisl2clis2icls2
Edit distance from "cils"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cils"?
"cils" is spelled C-I-L-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sil\.
What does "cils" mean?
As a noun, "cils" means: Pluriel de cil.
What words are commonly confused with "cils"?
"cils" is commonly confused with "Cs", "Cl", "cul". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cils"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cils" is \sil\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cils" come from?
"cils" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cils", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dawn#15,121drap#15,130five#15,146zola#15,066

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

crues6 variantsatome6 variantsalliée6 variantsaidée6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list