cinglant
\sɛ̃.ɡlɑ̃\
The verdict
“cinglant” is uncommon French (frequency #50,722 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,722
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui cingle, qui fouette.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cinglant · cinglant · French
cinglant · rank #50,722 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,722
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH Cilicie
Nearest frequency peer: Cilicie (-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 « cinglant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- choriste
choriste
49,282 corpus weight
- châtier
châtier
49,281 corpus weight
- Cilicie
Cilicie
49,280 corpus weight
- cinglant
cinglant
49,279 corpus weight
- clemens
clemens
49,277 corpus weight
- Cléo
Cléo
49,276 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cinglant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cinglant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \sɛ̃.ɡlɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #50,722 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cinglant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cinglant is uncommon French at frequency #50,722 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \sɛ̃.ɡlɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for cinglant in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cinglant, spelled C-I-N-G-L-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui cingle, qui fouette.
- 2Caractérise une élocution courroucée, voire violente, qui n'appelle aucune réponse de la part du destinataire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cinglant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
il y eut un crépitement de mousquetterie, une pluie de balles s’abattait, cinglantes, rebondissantes, à leurs pieds.
Pendant de longues heures nous marchons en silence, ne regardant ni à droite ni à gauche, la tête baissée sous nos capuchons pour nous garantir de l’ondée cinglante.
This word in other languages
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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