cinsault
\sɛ̃.so\
The verdict
“cinsault” is uncommon French (frequency #97,785 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,785
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cépage noir, utilisé notamment pour certains rosés.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cinsault · cinsault · French
cinsault · rank #97,785 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,785
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cinés
Nearest frequency peer: cinés (+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 « cinsault »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- choquera
choquera
2,219 corpus weight
- Chrissie
Chrissie
2,218 corpus weight
- cinsault
cinsault
2,216 corpus weight
- cinés
cinés
2,215 corpus weight
- circonscrits
circonscrits
2,214 corpus weight
- citadel
citadel
2,213 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cinsault » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cinsault |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɛ̃.so\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #97,785 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cinsault » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cinsault is uncommon French at frequency #97,785 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɛ̃.so\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cépage noir, utilisé notamment pour certains rosés.".
No misspelling variants are generated for cinsault in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cinsault, spelled C-I-N-S-A-U-L-T.
Definition
- 1Cépage noir, utilisé notamment pour certains rosés.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cinsault appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les variétés de raisins qui ont l’écoulement le plus facile sont : Aramon, œillade, cinsault, olivette noire.
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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