cyclisme

\si.klism\

/\si.klism\/ noun

The verdict

“cyclisme” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,682. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,682
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sport qui consiste à monter une bicyclette ou une motocyclette (bien qu’on dise plutôt motocyclisme dans ce second cas).

Corpus desk

Index FR-cyclisme · cyclisme · French

cyclisme · rank #10,682 · 13 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,682
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Cs

Nearest frequency peer: Cs (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « cyclisme »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « cyclisme » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cyclisme vs cynisme
75% similar
cyclisme vs cycliste
88% similar
cyclisme vs cyclistes
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cyclisme
PropertyValue
Headwordcyclisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\si.klism\
Letters8
Frequency rank#10,682
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cyclisme »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).cyclismese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Cs » (#10,681), « célibataires » (#10,683), « célébrités » (#10,684). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cyclisme » est au #10,682. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around cyclisme (IPA \si.klism\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,682 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for cyclisme, with forms such as "ccyclisme", "ccylisme", and "cycclisme". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "cynisme", "cycliste", "cyclistes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is cyclisme, spelled C-Y-C-L-I-S-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sport qui consiste à monter une bicyclette ou une motocyclette (bien qu’on dise plutôt motocyclisme dans ce second cas).
  2. 2
    Doctrine d’après laquelle tous les événements se reproduisent perpétuellement de manière cyclique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elle ne faisait sûrement pas assez de bicyclette pour avoir droit à la mention cyclisme, comme un coureur..
  2. Les pages qui suivent s’adressent au débutant comme au sportif confirmé et à toutes les personnes désireuses de parfaire leur condition physique en profitant je l’espère, des bienfaits que peut leur apporter le cyclisme, sport d’endurance par excellence.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccyclisme
  • ccylisme
  • cycclisme
  • cycilsme
  • cyclimse
  • cyclisem
  • cyclismme
  • cyclissme
  • cycllisme
  • cyclsime
  • cylcisme
  • cyyclisme
  • ycclisme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cyclisme - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccyclisme1ccylisme2cycclisme1cycilsme2cyclimse2cyclisem2cyclismme1cyclissme1
Edit distance from "cyclisme"

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 "cyclisme"?
"cyclisme" is spelled C-Y-C-L-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \si.klism\.
What does "cyclisme" mean?
As a noun, "cyclisme" means: Sport qui consiste à monter une bicyclette ou une motocyclette (bien qu’on dise plutôt motocyclisme dans ce second cas).
What words are commonly confused with "cyclisme"?
"cyclisme" is commonly confused with "cynisme", "cycliste", "cyclistes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cyclisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cyclisme" is \si.klism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cyclisme" come from?
"cyclisme" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list