cyane
\sjan\
The verdict
“cyane” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cyanogène.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cyane · cyane · French
cyane · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cyane |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sjan\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cyane » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cyane is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sjan\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cyanogène.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for cyane in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is cyane, spelled C-Y-A-N-E.
Definition
- 1Cyanogène.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cyane appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’agent véritable de cette décomposition de l’albumine vivante est le cyane, corps merveilleux formé d’un atome de carbone et d’un atome d’azote et qui en se combinant avec le phosphore forme le prussiate de potasse.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.