cinématographe
\si.ne.ma.tɔ.ɡʁaf\
The verdict
“cinématographe” is uncommon French (frequency #62,140 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,140
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Appareil d’optique qui, au moyen de projections photographiques, donne aux spectateurs l’illusion de voir des mouvements réels.
| 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) |
Where “cinématographe” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cinématographe is uncommon French at frequency #62,140 among 257,141 “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.
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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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- The one correct French spelling is C-I-N-É-M-A-T-O-G-R-A-P-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.