cinémas

\si.ne.ma\

/\si.ne.ma\/ noun

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The verdict

“cinémas” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,092. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,092
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-cinemas · cinémas · French

cinémas · rank #16,092 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,092
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH clerc

Nearest frequency peer: clerc (+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 « cinémas »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cinémas » 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).

cinémas vs cinéma
86% similar
cinémas vs canevas
57% similar

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

Key facts for cinémas
PropertyValue
Headwordcinémas
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\si.ne.ma\
Letters7
Frequency rank#16,092
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cinémas »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « clerc » (#16,093), « chuter » (#16,090), « CN » (#16,094). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cinémas » est au #16,092. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around cinémas (IPA \si.ne.ma\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,092 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de cinéma.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for cinémas, with forms such as "ccinémas", "cinemas", and "cinméas". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "cinéma", "canevas", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cinémas, spelled C-I-N-É-M-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de cinéma.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il y avait beaucoup de monde dans la rue piétonne, à cause de l’heure et de l’endroit : les cinémas dégorgeaient leur public aux yeux fatigués dans les pizzerias, « couscous » et pseudo-grecs, et réciproquement.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccinémas
  • cinemas
  • cinméas
  • cinnémas
  • cinéams
  • cinémass
  • cinémmas
  • cinémsa
  • ciénmas
  • cniémas
  • icnémas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cinémas - 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.

ccinémas1cinemas1cinméas2cinnémas1cinéams2cinémass1cinémmas1cinémsa2
Edit distance from "cinémas"

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 "cinémas"?
"cinémas" is spelled C-I-N-É-M-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is \si.ne.ma\.
What does "cinémas" mean?
As a noun, "cinémas" means: Pluriel de cinéma.
What words are commonly confused with "cinémas"?
"cinémas" is commonly confused with "cinéma", "canevas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cinémas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cinémas" is \si.ne.ma\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cinémas" come from?
"cinémas" 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 "cinémas", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

carence#16,087commise#16,097berline#16,075dénommé#16,116

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Capitole11 variantsbravoure11 variantsdonnerais11 variantsauditoire11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list