cinquantaine

\sɛ̃.kɑ̃.tɛn\

/\sɛ̃.kɑ̃.tɛn\/ noun

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The verdict

“cinquantaine” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,358. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,358
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Assemblage de choses de même nature au nombre de cinquante environ.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cinquantaine · cinquantaine · French

cinquantaine · rank #8,358 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,358
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chœur

Nearest frequency peer: chœur (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « cinquantaine »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « cinquantaine » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cinquantaine
PropertyValue
Headwordcinquantaine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɛ̃.kɑ̃.tɛn\
Letters12
Frequency rank#8,358
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cinquantaine »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).cinquantainese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « chœur » (#8,357), « chêne » (#8,356), « commencez » (#8,360). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cinquantaine » est au #8,358. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around cinquantaine (IPA \sɛ̃.kɑ̃.tɛn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,358 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for cinquantaine, with forms such as "ccinquantaine", "cinnquantaine", and "cinqauntaine". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is cinquantaine, spelled C-I-N-Q-U-A-N-T-A-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Assemblage de choses de même nature au nombre de cinquante environ.
  2. 2
    Âge de cinquante ans environ.
  3. 3
    Période de la vie entre 50 et 59 ans.
  4. 4
    Sorte de fête à l’occasion de cinquante années écoulée dans l’état de mariage, dans l’exercice d’une place, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cinquantaine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Et à deux lieues, dans les hangars de la douane de Mazagan, les matériaux d'un pont en fer, dont la construction avait été décidée il y a une cinquantaine d'années par Sidi Mohammed, s’oxydent et s’écaillent.
  2. J’avais pu constater, parmi cette cinquantaine de squales presque noirs, la présence d’un énorme requin blanc sale.

Synonyms

demi-centainequinquagénaire

This word in other languages

fifties(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccinquantaine
  • cinnquantaine
  • cinqauntaine
  • cinqquantaine
  • cinquanatine
  • cinquanntaine
  • cinquantaien
  • cinquantainne
  • cinquantanie
  • cinquantiane
  • cinquanttaine
  • cinquatnaine
  • cinqunataine
  • cinuqantaine
  • ciqnuantaine
  • cniquantaine
  • icnquantaine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cinquantaine - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccinquantaine1cinnquantaine1cinqauntaine2cinqquantaine1cinquanatine2cinquanntaine1cinquantaien2cinquantainne1
Edit distance from "cinquantaine"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cinquantaine"?
"cinquantaine" is spelled C-I-N-Q-U-A-N-T-A-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛ̃.kɑ̃.tɛn\.
What does "cinquantaine" mean?
As a noun, "cinquantaine" means: Assemblage de choses de même nature au nombre de cinquante environ.
What are common misspellings of "cinquantaine"?
Common misspellings include "ccinquantaine", "cinnquantaine", "cinqauntaine", "cinqquantaine", "cinquanatine". The correct spelling is "cinquantaine".
How do you pronounce "cinquantaine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cinquantaine" is \sɛ̃.kɑ̃.tɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cinquantaine", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

comptabilité#8,362essentielles#8,389gestionnaire#8,400stratégiques#8,313

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

considérées17 variantsarchitectes17 variantstechniciens17 variantssecrétariat17 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list