Cressida
\kʁɛ.si.da\
The verdict
“Cressida” is uncommon French (frequency #82,828 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,828
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fille de Calchas, héroïne tragique de Troïlus et Cressida de William Shakespeare.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cressida · Cressida · French
Cressida · rank #82,828 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,828
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH crawler
Nearest frequency peer: crawler (-2 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 « Cressida »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- coruscant
coruscant
17,178 corpus weight
- cotonniers
cotonniers
17,177 corpus weight
- coûteraient
coûteraient
17,176 corpus weight
- crawler
crawler
17,175 corpus weight
- Cressida
Cressida
17,173 corpus weight
- crèvera
crèvera
17,169 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Cressida » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cressida |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \kʁɛ.si.da\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #82,828 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Cressida » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Cressida is uncommon French at frequency #82,828 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \kʁɛ.si.da\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Cressida, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Cressida, spelled C-R-E-S-S-I-D-A.
Definition
- 1Fille de Calchas, héroïne tragique de Troïlus et Cressida de William Shakespeare.
- 2Satellite naturel de la planète Uranus.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Cressida appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je te dis que je suis fou — d’amour pour Cressida.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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