cinquième

\sɛ̃.kjɛm\

/\sɛ̃.kjɛm\/ adj

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The verdict

“cinquième” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,813. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,813
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui vient après le quatrième.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cinquieme · cinquième · French

cinquième · rank #2,813 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,813
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Christian

Nearest frequency peer: Christian (-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 « cinquième »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cinquième » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cinquième vs cinquièmes
90% similar
cinquième vs 5e
11% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cinquième
PropertyValue
Headwordcinquième
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sɛ̃.kjɛm\
Letters9
Frequency rank#2,813
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cinquième »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cinquièmese 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 « Christian » (#2,812), « circonstances » (#2,814), « charte » (#2,811). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cinquième » est au #2,813. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around cinquième (IPA \sɛ̃.kjɛm\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,813 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui vient après le quatrième.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for cinquième, with forms such as "ccinquième", "cinnquième", and "cinqiuème". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "cinquièmes", "5e", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cinquième, spelled C-I-N-Q-U-I-È-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui vient après le quatrième.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. « Vous avez réussi à placer la cinquième puissance du monde dans un état de pénurie permanente », tacle le député RN de la Somme Jean-Philippe Tanguy.
  2. C’est la cinquième fois qu’il vient ce mois-ci.

Synonyms

cintièmequint

This word in other languages

fifth(English)quinto(Español)fünfte(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccinquième
  • cinnquième
  • cinqiuème
  • cinqquième
  • cinquieme
  • cinquimèe
  • cinquièem
  • cinquièmme
  • cinquèime
  • cinuqième
  • ciqnuième
  • cniquième
  • icnquième

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cinquième - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccinquième1cinnquième1cinqiuème2cinqquième1cinquieme1cinquimèe2cinquièem2cinquièmme1
Edit distance from "cinquième"

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 "cinquième"?
"cinquième" is spelled C-I-N-Q-U-I-È-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛ̃.kjɛm\.
What does "cinquième" mean?
As an adjective, "cinquième" means: Qui vient après le quatrième.
What words are commonly confused with "cinquième"?
"cinquième" is commonly confused with "cinquièmes", "5e". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cinquième"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cinquième" is \sɛ̃.kjɛm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cinquième" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Christian#2,812conserver#2,817juridique#2,831possibles#2,791

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

automobile13 variantsdeviennent13 variantsdémarche13 variantsmunicipal13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list