cyclone

\si.klon\

/\si.klon\/ noun

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The verdict

“cyclone” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,455. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,455
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tempête atmosphérique, organisée autour d’un centre de basse pression, qui balaie la terre ou la mer en tournoyant sur elle-même.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cyclone · cyclone · French

cyclone · rank #18,455 · 11 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,455
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cyclable

Nearest frequency peer: cyclable (-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 « cyclone »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cyclone » 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).

cyclone vs cyclope
86% similar
cyclone vs cyclones
88% similar
cyclone vs cycle
71% similar

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

Key facts for cyclone
PropertyValue
Headwordcyclone
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\si.klon\
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,455
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cyclone »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cyclable » (#18,454), « danoise » (#18,456), « cow » (#18,453). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cyclone » est au #18,455. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around cyclone (IPA \si.klon\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,455 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for cyclone, with forms such as "ccyclone", "ccylone", and "cycclone". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "cyclope", "cyclones", "cycle", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is cyclone, spelled C-Y-C-L-O-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tempête atmosphérique, organisée autour d’un centre de basse pression, qui balaie la terre ou la mer en tournoyant sur elle-même.
  2. 2
    Phénomène destructeur.
  3. 3
    Appareil destiné à trier des particules solides (poussières, sciure, scories, etc.) en suspension dans un courant d'air ou de gaz.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il est possible que les cyclones se produisent […] en raison d’une disposition circulaire du vent, lorsque de l’air se trouve poussé par en haut, et qu’un fort flux de vent se crée, incapable de s’écouler sur les côtés, à cause du foulage de l’air tout autour.
  2. On sait que, si le centre d’un cyclone passe sur un navire, le calme est parfois si complet qu’une bougie tient allumée sur le pont.

Synonyms

cyclone tropicaldépression

This word in other languages

cyclone(English)ciclón(Español)Zyklon(Deutsch)ciclone(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccyclone
  • ccylone
  • cycclone
  • cycllone
  • cyclnoe
  • cycloen
  • cyclonne
  • cycolne
  • cylcone
  • cyyclone
  • ycclone

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccyclone1ccylone2cycclone1cycllone1cyclnoe2cycloen2cyclonne1cycolne2
Edit distance from "cyclone"

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 "cyclone"?
"cyclone" is spelled C-Y-C-L-O-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \si.klon\.
What does "cyclone" mean?
As a noun, "cyclone" means: Tempête atmosphérique, organisée autour d’un centre de basse pression, qui balaie la terre ou la mer en tournoyant sur elle-même.
What words are commonly confused with "cyclone"?
"cyclone" is commonly confused with "cyclope", "cyclones", "cycle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cyclone"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cyclone" is \si.klon\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cyclone" come from?
"cyclone" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

danoise#18,456dealers#18,457costaud#18,450Corbeil#18,449

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

dépeint11 variantsEdwards11 variantsgradins11 variantsblessant11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list