circoncire
\siʁ.kɔ̃.siʁ\
The verdict
“circoncire” is uncommon French (frequency #73,014 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,014
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Couper le prépuce, pratiquer la circoncision.
Corpus desk
Index FR-circoncire · circoncire · French
circoncire · rank #73,014 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,014
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH circles
Nearest frequency peer: circles (-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 « circoncire »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- chérissent
chérissent
26,990 corpus weight
- circles
circles
26,988 corpus weight
- circoncire
circoncire
26,987 corpus weight
- classifiées
classifiées
26,986 corpus weight
- cloportes
cloportes
26,984 corpus weight
- cluzel
cluzel
26,983 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « circoncire » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | circoncire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \siʁ.kɔ̃.siʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #73,014 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « circoncire » en français
Rare enough to double-check
circoncire is uncommon French at frequency #73,014 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \siʁ.kɔ̃.siʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Couper le prépuce, pratiquer la circoncision.".
No misspelling variants are generated for circoncire in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is circoncire, spelled C-I-R-C-O-N-C-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Couper le prépuce, pratiquer la circoncision.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how circoncire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un des hauts personnages d'Alexandrie devait faire circoncire son fils (…) toute cette fête avait lieu en l'honneur de celui-ci.
J'ai épousé un gouer, un mécréant pas circoncis. J'ai essayé de bien faire les choses. Je voulais aussi un mariage religieux. Mais pour maman c'était pas assez. Il fallait que Gaël se fasse circoncire, sinon mon union était illicite.
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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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