cinématographe
\si.ne.ma.tɔ.ɡʁaf\
The verdict
“cinématographe” is uncommon French (frequency #62,140 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,140
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Appareil d’optique qui, au moyen de projections photographiques, donne aux spectateurs l’illusion de voir des mouvements réels.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cinematographe · cinématographe · French
cinématographe · rank #62,140 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,140
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cig
Nearest frequency peer: cig (-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 « cinématographe »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- chirurgienne
chirurgienne
37,864 corpus weight
- choyé
choyé
37,863 corpus weight
- cig
cig
37,862 corpus weight
- cinématogra…
cinématographe
37,861 corpus weight
- classait
classait
37,860 corpus weight
- classical
classical
37,859 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cinématographe » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cinématographe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \si.ne.ma.tɔ.ɡʁaf\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #62,140 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cinématographe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cinématographe is uncommon French at frequency #62,140 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \si.ne.ma.tɔ.ɡʁaf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Appareil d’optique qui, au moyen de projections photographiques, donne aux spectateurs l’illusion de voir des mouvements réels.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for cinématographe in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cinématographe, spelled C-I-N-É-M-A-T-O-G-R-A-P-H-E.
Definition
- 1Appareil d’optique qui, au moyen de projections photographiques, donne aux spectateurs l’illusion de voir des mouvements réels.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cinématographe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Grubb et Bert en entendirent parler d’abord dans un music-hall ; puis le cinématographe confirma la rumeur ; […].
Les Martiens éprouvaient une joie immense à contempler le paysage de la Terre, qu'ils la parcourussent à l’aide du télescope ou qu'il se déroulât sur leur cinématographe perfectionné ; […].
Synonyms
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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.
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