cis-
\sis\
The verdict
“cis-” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a prefix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Préfixe qui veut dire en deçà.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cis · cis- · French
cis- · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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 | cis- |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Prefix |
| IPA | \sis\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
cis- is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aprefix, transcribed \sis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cis-, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cis-, spelled C-I-S--.
Definition
- 1Préfixe qui veut dire en deçà.
- 2Préfixe qui permet de créer des termes en rapport à la cisidentité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cis- appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Entre autres, le cissexisme est ancré dans la croyance que la cissexualité est une identité de genre supérieure et perpétue la notion selon laquelle le sexe assigné à la naissance détermine l’identité de genre d’une personne.
La cisidentité est un néologisme désignant un type d’identité de genre où le genre ressenti d’une personne correspond au genre assigné à sa naissance, la personne est alors cisgenre (abrégé en cis). Le mot est construit par opposition à celui de transgenre.
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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.