cinnamon
\ˈsɪn.ə.mən\
The verdict
“cinnamon” is uncommon French (frequency #68,920 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,920
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cannelle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cinnamon · cinnamon · French
cinnamon · rank #68,920 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,920
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH ciselés
Nearest frequency peer: ciselés (+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 « cinnamon »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- chôme
chôme
31,084 corpus weight
- Ciara
Ciara
31,083 corpus weight
- cinnamon
cinnamon
31,081 corpus weight
- ciselés
ciselés
31,080 corpus weight
- clafoutis
clafoutis
31,079 corpus weight
- Clamecy
Clamecy
31,078 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cinnamon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cinnamon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈsɪn.ə.mən\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #68,920 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cinnamon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cinnamon is uncommon French at frequency #68,920 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈsɪn.ə.mən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for cinnamon in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cinnamon, spelled C-I-N-N-A-M-O-N.
Definition
- 1Cannelle.
- 2Cannelle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cinnamon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cinnamon is a spice from the bark of trees.
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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