cinq vingts
\sɛ̃k vɛ̃\
The verdict
“cinq vingts” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cinq fois vingt, c’est-à-dire cent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cinq-vingts · cinq vingts · French
cinq vingts · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cinq vingts |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \sɛ̃k vɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
cinq vingts is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \sɛ̃k vɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cinq fois vingt, c’est-à-dire cent.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for cinq vingts 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 tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is cinq vingts, spelled C-I-N-Q- -V-I-N-G-T-S.
Definition
- 1Cinq fois vingt, c’est-à-dire cent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cinq vingts appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Là d’arreſterent le Vicomte de Meaux & ſes gens : & là eſtoit faict le mandement des Cheualiers & Eſcuyers d’Auuergne & de Limoſin & s’aſſemblerent là tous : &,eux aſſemblés, il ſe trouuerent plus de quatre cens Lãces, qu’uns qu’autres, & enuiron cinq vingts Arbaleſtiers Géneuois.
Lettres d’acquiſition faite par ladite Dame Iſabeau de Hᴀʀᴄᴏᴠʀᴛ de Meſſire Guillaume de Groles Cheualier Seigneur de Neigrieu de ſoixante ſeruices vien de ſeruices annuel à luy deuz chacun an, en & ſur le maz des Nugors aſſis en l’eſtang appellé de Coyras & en l’entour d’iceluy eſtang aſſis en la paroiſſe de Montieu pour le prix de cinq vingts francs d’or…
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