cistercien
\sis.tɛʁ.sjɛ̃\
The verdict
“cistercien” is uncommon French (frequency #74,659 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,659
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à l’ordre monastique chrétien défini à l’abbaye de Cîteaux par Robert de Molesme en 1098.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cistercien · cistercien · French
cistercien · rank #74,659 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,659
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cisaille
Nearest frequency peer: cisaille (-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 « cistercien »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- chutney
chutney
25,345 corpus weight
- châles
châles
25,344 corpus weight
- cisaille
cisaille
25,343 corpus weight
- cistercien
cistercien
25,342 corpus weight
- claquette
claquette
25,340 corpus weight
- clarinettes
clarinettes
25,339 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cistercien » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cistercien |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \sis.tɛʁ.sjɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #74,659 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cistercien » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cistercien is uncommon French at frequency #74,659 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \sis.tɛʁ.sjɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif à l’ordre monastique chrétien défini à l’abbaye de Cîteaux par Robert de Molesme en 1098.".
No misspelling variants are generated for cistercien in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cistercien, spelled C-I-S-T-E-R-C-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1Relatif à l’ordre monastique chrétien défini à l’abbaye de Cîteaux par Robert de Molesme en 1098.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cistercien appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En 1098, avec la fondation de l’abbaye de Cîteaux par Robert de Molesme, la réforme dite cistercienne se veut plus stricte que la règle bénédictine. Elle vise le retour aux sources et prône l’idéal monastique : rupture avec le monde, pauvreté, discipline, silence.
Notre-Dame de Boschaud est l’une des quatre abbayes cisterciennes de Dordogne.
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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