cintre

\sɛ̃tʁ\

/\sɛ̃tʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“cintre” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,297. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,297
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Courbure en arcade, en demi-cercle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cintre · cintre · French

cintre · rank #26,297 · 9 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,297
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chirurgicales

Nearest frequency peer: chirurgicales (-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 « cintre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cintre » 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).

cintre vs cité
50% similar
cintre vs cire
67% similar
cintre vs conte
67% similar

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

Key facts for cintre
PropertyValue
Headwordcintre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɛ̃tʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#26,297
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cintre »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).cintrese 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 « chirurgicales » (#26,296), « chaussons » (#26,295), « claquement » (#26,299). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cintre » est au #26,297. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around cintre (IPA \sɛ̃tʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,297 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Courbure en arcade, en demi-cercle.
  2. 2
    Ouvrage temporaire de charpente sur lequel on bâtit les arcs, les voûtes, les coupoles.
  3. 3
    Plafond de la scène d’un théâtre, où se dissimulent rideau et machinerie. S’utilise le plus souvent au pluriel.
  4. 4
    Dernier rang de loges d’un théâtre, celui qui est immédiatement sous le plafond. → voir loges du cintre
  5. 5
    Ustensile généralement en bois ou en métal servant à suspendre les habits en gardant leur forme.
  6. 6
    Partie allongée qui, avec la potence, forme le guidon du vélo.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette cave est en cintre. Plein cintre, Demi-cintre exact.
  2. La crypte et le chœur, dont les voûtes en cintre indiquent l’antiquité ; cela est solide à l’œil et encore roman ; c’est là le centre ; tout à l’entour, le gothique s’est épanoui.

Synonyms

loges du cintreparadis

This word in other languages

arch(English)cimbra(Español)Bogen(Deutsch)cabide(Português)

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.

ccintre1cinntre1cinrte2cinter2cintrre1cinttre1citnre2cnitre2
Edit distance from "cintre"

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 "cintre"?
"cintre" is spelled C-I-N-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛ̃tʁ\.
What does "cintre" mean?
As a noun, "cintre" means: Courbure en arcade, en demi-cercle.
What words are commonly confused with "cintre"?
"cintre" is commonly confused with "cité", "cire", "conte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cintre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cintre" is \sɛ̃tʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cintre" come from?
"cintre" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cachez#26,283brenda#26,279cèdent#26,320Attali#26,266

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Cardiff9 variantsaurores9 variantsAdriana9 variantsétouffée9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list