cyclisme

/\si.klism\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,682

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

cyclisme is aFrenchnoun. It means: Sport qui consiste à monter une bicyclette ou une motocyclette (bien qu’on dise plutôt motocyclisme dans ce second cas). Pronounced \si.klism\. Often confused with cynisme and cycliste.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cyclisme in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for cyclisme is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \si.klism\. Corpus data places it at rank #10,682 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for cyclisme, with forms such as "ccyclisme", "ccylisme", and "cycclisme". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "cynisme", "cycliste", "cyclistes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is cyclisme, spelled C-Y-C-L-I-S-M-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cyclisme

Misspelling Variants of "cyclisme"

ccyclisme9ccylisme8cycclisme9cycilsme8cyclimse8cyclisem8cyclismme9cyclissme9
Misspelling Variants of "cyclisme"

Frequency rank: #10,682 in French

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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.