cimentier

\si.mɑ̃.tje\

/\si.mɑ̃.tje\/ adj

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The verdict

“cimentier” is uncommon French (frequency #92,551 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,551
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif au ciment, cimentaire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cimentier · cimentier · French

cimentier · rank #92,551 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,551
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cicatriciel

Nearest frequency peer: cicatriciel (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « cimentier »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cimentier » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cimentier
PropertyValue
Headwordcimentier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\si.mɑ̃.tje\
Letters9
Frequency rank#92,551
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cimentier » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).cimentiertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « cicatriciel » (#92,550), « chênaie » (#92,549), « cinglantes » (#92,553). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cimentier » est au #92,551. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cimentier is uncommon French at frequency #92,551 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \si.mɑ̃.tje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif au ciment, cimentaire.".

cimentier doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cimentier, spelled C-I-M-E-N-T-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif au ciment, cimentaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Un groupe cimentier.

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 "cimentier"?
"cimentier" is spelled C-I-M-E-N-T-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \si.mɑ̃.tje\.
What does "cimentier" mean?
As an adjective, "cimentier" means: Relatif au ciment, cimentaire.
How do you pronounce "cimentier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cimentier" is \si.mɑ̃.tje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cimentier" come from?
"cimentier" 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 "cimentier", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

colophane#92,562complexés#92,572confinent#92,578contralto#92,583

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list