cunéiforme

\ky.ne.i.fɔʁm\

/\ky.ne.i.fɔʁm\/ adj

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The verdict

“cunéiforme” is uncommon French (frequency #65,835 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,835
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a la forme d’un coin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cuneiforme · cunéiforme · French

cunéiforme · rank #65,835 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,835
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cuni

Nearest frequency peer: cuni (-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 « cunéiforme »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cunéiforme » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cunéiforme
PropertyValue
Headwordcunéiforme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ky.ne.i.fɔʁm\
Letters10
Frequency rank#65,835
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cunéiforme » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).cunéiformetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « cuni » (#65,834), « curious » (#65,836), « cultuel » (#65,833). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cunéiforme » est au #65,835. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cunéiforme is uncommon French at frequency #65,835 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ky.ne.i.fɔʁm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for cunéiforme in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cunéiforme, spelled C-U-N-É-I-F-O-R-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a la forme d’un coin.
  2. 2
    Qualifie les écritures, en forme de coin, employées anciennement par les Chaldéens, les Assyriens, les Sumériens, les Babyloniens et les Perses.
  3. 3
    Qui est écrit en écriture cunéiforme.
  4. 4
    Caractérise un octaèdre dont quatre faces sont des triangles et les quatre autres des trapèzes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cet entre-nœud à section transversale cunéiforme porte, à son extrémité, trois petites feuilles qui sous-tendent l’inflorescence formée d’épis lâches et brun violacé, avec 3 à 8 épillets.
  2. CUNÉIFORME, adj., cuneiformis ; keilförmig (all.) (cuneus, coin, forma, forme). Se dit, en minéralogie, d’un octaèdre, quand il a subi un allongement dans le sens de deux faces parallèles, d’où il résulta que les autres ne sont plus des triangles, mais des trapèzes, comme les deux côtés d’un coin ; en botanique, d’un filet d’étamine (ex. Thalictrum petalo…

Synonyms

cludiforme

This word in other languages

cuneiform(English)cuneiforme(Español)keilförmig(Deutsch)

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 "cunéiforme"?
"cunéiforme" is spelled C-U-N-É-I-F-O-R-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ky.ne.i.fɔʁm\.
What does "cunéiforme" mean?
As an adjective, "cunéiforme" means: Qui a la forme d’un coin.
How do you pronounce "cunéiforme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cunéiforme" is \ky.ne.i.fɔʁm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

croiseront#65,828croisaient#65,827coïncidait#65,823contrepied#65,810

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list