circo

\siʁ.ko\

/\siʁ.ko\/ noun

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The verdict

“circo” is uncommon French (frequency #54,477 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,477
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Circonscription au sens de division électorale.

Corpus desk

Index FR-circo · circo · French

circo · rank #54,477 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,477
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Chéreau

Nearest frequency peer: Chéreau (-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 « circo »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « circo » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for circo
PropertyValue
Headwordcirco
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\siʁ.ko\
Letters5
Frequency rank#54,477
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « circo » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).circotombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Chéreau » (#54,476), « classifier » (#54,478), « châtie » (#54,475). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « circo » est au #54,477. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

circo is uncommon French at frequency #54,477 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \siʁ.ko\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Circonscription au sens de division électorale.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for circo, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is circo, spelled C-I-R-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Circonscription au sens de division électorale.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pour le moment, sur les 368 circonscriptions réservées au PS, 179 sont accordées à des femmes, soit 49 %. Dans ces circos, autour de 40 % sont réellement gagnables.
  2. Dans les colonnes du Monde en mars dernier, il a expliqué qu’il n’était « pas là pour faire l’assistante sociale », ajoutant : « Ce qui se dit en circo, j’en ai rien à foutre. »

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 "circo"?
"circo" is spelled C-I-R-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is \siʁ.ko\.
What does "circo" mean?
As a noun, "circo" means: Circonscription au sens de division électorale.
How do you pronounce "circo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "circo" is \siʁ.ko\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "circo" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list