Constantinople
\kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.ti.nɔpl\
The verdict
“Constantinople” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #9,455 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #9,455
- frequency rank, French
- 14
- letters
- 22
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Constantinople |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.ti.nɔpl\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #9,455 |
| Misspellings tracked | 22 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Constantinople” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Constantinople is 14 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.ti.nɔpl\. Corpus data places it at rank #9,455 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
- 1Ancien 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.
This word in other languages
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.
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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Using “Constantinople”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-N-S-T-A-N-T-I-N-O-P-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.ti.nɔpl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.