Constantinople

\kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.ti.nɔpl\

/\kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.ti.nɔpl\/ name

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The verdict

“Constantinople” has 22 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,455. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,455
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
22
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancien nom d'Istanbul. Capitale de l’Empire romain entre 330 et 395, de l’Empire romain d’orient entre 395 et 1204 puis 1261 et 1453, de l’Empire latin entre 1204 et 1261 puis de l’Empire ottoman d...

Corpus desk

Index FR-constantinople · Constantinople · French

Constantinople · rank #9,455 · 22 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,455
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 22 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH connaissant

Nearest frequency peer: connaissant (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Constantinople »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Constantinople » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Constantinople
PropertyValue
HeadwordConstantinople
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.ti.nɔpl\
Letters14
Frequency rank#9,455
Misspellings tracked22
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Constantinople »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Constantinoplese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « connaissant » (#9,454), « consul » (#9,456), « composantes » (#9,453). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Constantinople » est au #9,455. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 22 spelling variants around Constantinople (IPA \kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.ti.nɔpl\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #9,455 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ancien nom d'Istanbul. Capitale de l’Empire romain entre 330 et 395, de l’Empire romain d’orient entre 395 et 1204 puis 1261 et 1453, de l’Empire latin entre 1204 et 1261 puis de l’Empire ottoman d...".

Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for Constantinople, with forms such as "cconstantinople", "cnostantinople", and "connstantinople". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Constantinople, spelled C-O-N-S-T-A-N-T-I-N-O-P-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ancien nom d'Istanbul. Capitale de l’Empire romain entre 330 et 395, de l’Empire romain d’orient entre 395 et 1204 puis 1261 et 1453, de l’Empire latin entre 1204 et 1261 puis de l’Empire ottoman de 1453 à 1922.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Constantinople appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. — Oui, mes enfants, j’étais en ce temps-là à Constantinople, dans un patelin qu’on appelait Ortakheuil ou Khad’keuil, je ne sais plus au juste, vu que c’est bien loin et qu’y a rudement coulé d’eau dans la rivière, depuis ce temps-là !

Synonyms

ByzanceDeuxième RomeTsargradTsarigrad

This word in other languages

Constantinople(English)Konstantinopel(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconstantinople
  • cnostantinople
  • connstantinople
  • consatntinople
  • consstantinople
  • constanitnople
  • constanntinople
  • constantinnople
  • constantinolpe
  • constantinopel
  • constantinoplle
  • constantinopple
  • constantinpole
  • constantionple
  • constantniople
  • constanttinople
  • constatninople
  • constnatinople
  • consttantinople
  • contsantinople
  • cosntantinople
  • ocnstantinople

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Constantinople - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cconstantinople1cnostantinople2connstantinople1consatntinople2consstantinople1constanitnople2constanntinople1constantinnople1
Edit distance from "Constantinople"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Constantinople"?
"Constantinople" is spelled C-O-N-S-T-A-N-T-I-N-O-P-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.ti.nɔpl\.
What does "Constantinople" mean?
As a proper noun, "Constantinople" means: Ancien nom d'Istanbul. Capitale de l’Empire romain entre 330 et 395, de l’Empire romain d’orient entre 395 et 1204 puis 1261 et 1453, de l’Empire latin entre 1204 et 1261 puis de l’Empire ottoman d...
What are common misspellings of "Constantinople"?
Common misspellings include "cconstantinople", "cnostantinople", "connstantinople", "consatntinople", "consstantinople". The correct spelling is "Constantinople".
How do you pronounce "Constantinople"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Constantinople" is \kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.ti.nɔpl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Constantinople" come from?
"Constantinople" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Constantinople", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (22 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list