cité des papes
\si.te de pap\
The verdict
“cité des papes” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avignon (ville française).
Corpus desk
Index FR-cite-des-papes · cité des papes · French
cité des papes · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 des papes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \si.te de pap\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
cité des papes is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \si.te de pap\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Avignon (ville française).".
No generated misspelling entries exist for cité des papes in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is cité des papes, spelled C-I-T-É- -D-E-S- -P-A-P-E-S.
Definition
- 1Avignon (ville française).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cité des papes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sur les deux mâles, l'un rempilait comme adjudant au 55ᵉ de ligne, en Avignon, cité des Papes et des punaises, et cueillait une flamboyante vérole parmi les nymphes de la rue des Grottes.
Synonyms
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.