collignon
\kɔ.li.ɲɔ̃\
The verdict
“collignon” is uncommon French (frequency #52,576 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,576
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Conducteur de fiacre ou cocher plus ou moins indélicat.
Corpus desk
Index FR-collignon · collignon · French
collignon · rank #52,576 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,576
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH collatérale
Nearest frequency peer: collatérale (-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 « collignon »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- coiffes
coiffes
47,427 corpus weight
- collatérale
collatérale
47,426 corpus weight
- collignon
collignon
47,425 corpus weight
- commotions
commotions
47,424 corpus weight
- communicatif
communicatif
47,423 corpus weight
- complaisants
complaisants
47,422 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « collignon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | collignon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.li.ɲɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #52,576 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « collignon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
collignon is uncommon French at frequency #52,576 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.li.ɲɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Conducteur de fiacre ou cocher plus ou moins indélicat.".
collignon has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is collignon, spelled C-O-L-L-I-G-N-O-N.
Definition
- 1Conducteur de fiacre ou cocher plus ou moins indélicat.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how collignon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tout ceci se déroule dans un Paris de fiacres, d’omnibus à impériale, de becs de gaz falots et clignotants, de chevaux de renfort rongeant l’écorce des arbres, de collignons à hauts-de-forme en cuir bouilli, un Paris où la neige en hiver tombe d’abondance […]
On en voit comme ça, des collignons qui ne connaissent pas votre rue et qui vous roulent indéfiniment dans des chemins impossibles en clignant de l’œil d’un air malin. C’est énervant !
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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