cime

\sim\

/\sim\/ noun

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The verdict

“cime” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,745. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,745
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie la plus haute d’une montagne, d’un rocher, d’un arbre, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cime · cime · French

cime · rank #32,745 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,745
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cigale

Nearest frequency peer: cigale (-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 « cime »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cime » 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).

cime vs Cm
25% similar
cime vs clé
25% similar
cime vs com
50% similar

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

Key facts for cime
PropertyValue
Headwordcime
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sim\
Letters4
Frequency rank#32,745
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cime »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cimese 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 « cigale » (#32,744), « cirques » (#32,746), « chérif » (#32,743). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cime » est au #32,745. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around cime (IPA \sim\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,745 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Partie la plus haute d’une montagne, d’un rocher, d’un arbre, etc.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for cime, with forms such as "ccime", "ciem", and "cimme". 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, "Cm", "clé", "com", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cime, spelled C-I-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partie la plus haute d’une montagne, d’un rocher, d’un arbre, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La cime de ces montagnes a-t-elle été de tout temps couverte de neige comme elle l’est en ce moment?
  2. La frontière est passée, c’est l’Apennin qui commence. Un soleil gai luit sur les arêtes vives des cimes ; la poitrine aspire un air sain.

This word in other languages

peak(English)punta(Español)Kulm(Deutsch)ápice(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccime
  • ciem
  • cimme
  • cmie
  • icme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cime - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccime1ciem2cimme1cmie2icme2
Edit distance from "cime"

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 "cime"?
"cime" is spelled C-I-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sim\.
What does "cime" mean?
As a noun, "cime" means: Partie la plus haute d’une montagne, d’un rocher, d’un arbre, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "cime"?
"cime" is commonly confused with "Cm", "clé", "com". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cime"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cime" is \sim\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cime" come from?
"cime" 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 "cime", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

cane#32,725Cali#32,723crit#32,770bron#32,715

Similar misspelling depth

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

demo5 variantsboni5 variantsballs5 variantsferri5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list