cintre
\sɛ̃tʁ\
The verdict
“cintre” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #26,297 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #26,297
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Courbure en arcade, en demi-cercle.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cintre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɛ̃tʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #26,297 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cintre” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for cintre is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sɛ̃tʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #26,297 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for cintre, with forms such as "ccintre", "cinntre", and "cinrte". 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. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "cité", "cire", "conte", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is cintre, spelled C-I-N-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Courbure en arcade, en demi-cercle.
- 2Ouvrage temporaire de charpente sur lequel on bâtit les arcs, les voûtes, les coupoles.
- 3Plafond de la scène d’un théâtre, où se dissimulent rideau et machinerie. S’utilise le plus souvent au pluriel.
- 4Dernier rang de loges d’un théâtre, celui qui est immédiatement sous le plafond. → voir loges du cintre
- 5Ustensile généralement en bois ou en métal servant à suspendre les habits en gardant leur forme.
- 6Partie allongée qui, avec la potence, forme le guidon du vélo.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccintre,cinntre,cinrte,cinter,cintrre,cinttre,citnre,cnitre,icntre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cintre - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “cintre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-I-N-T-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sɛ̃tʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cité” - see the side-by-side comparison. cintre vs cité
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.