cité de David
\si.te də da.vid\
The verdict
“cité de David” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jérusalem
Corpus desk
Index FR-cite-de-david · cité de David · French
cité de David · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- 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 | cité de David |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \si.te də da.vid\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
cité de David is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \si.te də da.vid\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for cité de David in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is cité de David, spelled C-I-T-É- -D-E- -D-A-V-I-D.
Definition
- 1Jérusalem
- 2Quartier central de Jérusalem.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cité de David appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les conquérants de la cité de David, en 1967, se devaient d’être les descendants directs de son royaume mythique et non — à Dieu ne plaise ! — les héritiers de guerriers berbères ou de cavaliers khazars.
Mon ami Olivier Runbinstein m'a montré, dans la zone archéologique appelée cité de David, les dalles gigantesques des rues cassées chacune en deux, bien nettement, en leur exact milieu.
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.