circonférence

Name: circonférence, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\siʁ.kɔ̃.fe.ʁɑ̃s\

/\siʁ.kɔ̃.fe.ʁɑ̃s\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“circonférence” has 21 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,099. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,099
frequency rank, French: 8,609
“C” headwords: 21
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Contour d’un cercle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-circonference · circonférence · French

circonférence · rank #28,099 · 21 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #28,099
LEN-MEGA 13 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 21 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,609
PHOTO-FINISH chocolatine

Nearest frequency peer: chocolatine (-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.

cellulose

71,905
chameaux

71,904
chocolatine

71,903
circonféren…

71,902
cites

71,901
clairière

71,900

What this shows « circonférence » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Key facts for circonférence
Property	Value
Headword	circonférence
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\siʁ.kɔ̃.fe.ʁɑ̃s\
Letters	13
Frequency rank	#28,099
Misspellings tracked	21
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « circonférence »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).circonférencese place ici:

#28,099

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « chocolatine » (#28,098), « cites » (#28,100), « chameaux » (#28,097). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « circonférence » est au #28,099. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 21 spelling variants around circonférence (IPA \siʁ.kɔ̃.fe.ʁɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,099 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for circonférence, with forms such as "ccirconférence", "cicronférence", and "circconférence". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is circonférence, spelled C-I-R-C-O-N-F-É-R-E-N-C-E.

Definition

1
Contour d’un cercle.
2
Toute sorte d’enceinte, quoiqu’elle ne soit pas parfaitement ronde.
3
Unité de mesure d’angle plan égale à 360 degrés.
4
La longueur du plus long cycle d’un graphe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

On appelle rayon, toute droite CA menée du centre à la circonférence, et diamètre, toute droite DB, qui passe par le centre et qui se termine de part et d'autre à la circonférence. On voit immédiatement par la génération du cercle que tous les rayons sont égaux.
Cette roue porte à sa circonférence des traverses de bois sur lesquelles un homme appuie alternativement l'un et l'autre pied.

Synonyms

révolution tour

This word in other languages

circumference(English)circunferencia(Español)Umfang(Deutsch)circunferência(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ccirconférence
cicronférence
circconférence
circnoférence
circofnérence
circonference
circonfférence
circonfréence
circonféernce
circonférecne
circonférencce
circonférenec
circonférennce
circonférnece
circonférrence
circonnférence
circonéfrence
cirocnférence
cirrconférence
criconférence
icrconférence

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of circonférence - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "circonférence"

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 "circonférence"?

"circonférence" is spelled C-I-R-C-O-N-F-É-R-E-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \siʁ.kɔ̃.fe.ʁɑ̃s\.

What does "circonférence" mean?

As a noun, "circonférence" means: Contour d’un cercle.

What are common misspellings of "circonférence"?

Common misspellings include "ccirconférence", "cicronférence", "circconférence", "circnoférence", "circofnérence". The correct spelling is "circonférence".

How do you pronounce "circonférence"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "circonférence" is \siʁ.kɔ̃.fe.ʁɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "circonférence" come from?

"circonférence" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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Similar misspelling depth

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