cipaye
\si.paj\
The verdict
“cipaye” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux mercenaires (ou soldats réguliers) hindous au service d’une armée occidentale (britannique, française ou portugaise) à l’époque de la colonisation de l’Inde.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cipaye · cipaye · French
cipaye · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cipaye |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \si.paj\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
cipaye is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \si.paj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif aux mercenaires (ou soldats réguliers) hindous au service d’une armée occidentale (britannique, française ou portugaise) à l’époque de la colonisation de l’Inde.".
cipaye has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is cipaye, spelled C-I-P-A-Y-E.
Definition
- 1Relatif aux mercenaires (ou soldats réguliers) hindous au service d’une armée occidentale (britannique, française ou portugaise) à l’époque de la colonisation de l’Inde.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cipaye appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vous irez prendre aussitôt le commandement des 13ᵉ, 15ᵉ et 31ᵉ régiments d’infanterie européenne, que sir William Maxwell, gouverneur de Bombay, mettra sous vos ordres avec quatre ou cinq régiments de cavalerie indigène et d’infanterie cipaye.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.