cyanotype
\sja.nɔ.tip\
The verdict
“cyanotype” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Procédé photographique utilisant du ferrocyanure de potassium et produisant des épreuves de couleur bleue.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cyanotype · cyanotype · French
cyanotype · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | cyanotype |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sja.nɔ.tip\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
cyanotype is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sja.nɔ.tip\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for cyanotype in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cyanotype, spelled C-Y-A-N-O-T-Y-P-E.
Definition
- 1Procédé photographique utilisant du ferrocyanure de potassium et produisant des épreuves de couleur bleue.
- 2Photographie obtenue par ce procédé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cyanotype appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] ses maquettes de verre – construction/déconstruction – photographiées selon les techniques primitives de l’ambrotype ou du cyanotype.
(...) c’est maintenant la nuit, nous montons sur le toit du Ponant avec du pain beurré et du vin de cantine, lumière de cyanotype, jamais vu un ciel si net, si lisible (...)
This word in other languages
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