ciment

\si.mɑ̃\

/\si.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“ciment” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,134. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,134
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mélange de briques pulvérisées et de chaux dont on faisait un mortier ^([2]).

Corpus desk

Index FR-ciment · ciment · French

ciment · rank #9,134 · 9 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,134
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH châteaux

Nearest frequency peer: châteaux (-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 « ciment »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ciment » 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).

ciment vs cimes
67% similar
ciment vs client
67% similar
ciment vs créent
67% similar

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

Key facts for ciment
PropertyValue
Headwordciment
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\si.mɑ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,134
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ciment »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).cimentse 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 « châteaux » (#9,133), « Cocktail » (#9,135), « Christopher » (#9,132). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « ciment » est au #9,134. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around ciment (IPA \si.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,134 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for ciment, with forms such as "cciment", "ciemnt", and "cimennt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "cimes", "client", "créent", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ciment, spelled C-I-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mélange de briques pulvérisées et de chaux dont on faisait un mortier ^([2]).
  2. 2
    Liant à prise hydraulique, une fois mélangé avec du sable, et/ou du gravier est destiné à la fabrication du béton hydraulique (ou simplement béton), du mortier, de divers enduits
  3. 3
    Ce béton ou le mortier lui-même.
  4. 4
    Débris de poterie broyés.
  5. 5
    Substance qui a migré parmi les particules d'une roche et qui en assure la cohésion.
  6. 6
    Ce qui lie des choses ou des êtres ensemble.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Si un édifice se renverse, n’essayez pas de le maintenir debout en jetant sur les murs une couche de ciment, mais empêchez-le de s’écrouler en renforçant la base.
  2. D’autre part, ces moellons de diverse taille, sont liés par un ciment […]. Le ciment, dit-il, est composé de chaux, de sable et d’eau ; […].

Synonyms

liantlien

This word in other languages

cement(English)cimiento(Español)Zement(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cciment
  • ciemnt
  • cimennt
  • cimentt
  • cimetn
  • cimment
  • cimnet
  • cmient
  • icment

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cciment1ciemnt2cimennt1cimentt1cimetn2cimment1cimnet2cmient2
Edit distance from "ciment"

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 "ciment"?
"ciment" is spelled C-I-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \si.mɑ̃\.
What does "ciment" mean?
As a noun, "ciment" means: Mélange de briques pulvérisées et de chaux dont on faisait un mortier ^([2]).
What words are commonly confused with "ciment"?
"ciment" is commonly confused with "cimes", "client", "créent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ciment"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ciment" is \si.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ciment" come from?
"ciment" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cessez#9,129bétail#9,126dallas#9,145douces#9,153

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

chaises9 variantsballons9 variantsessaient9 variantsgardez9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list