cyclotron
\si.klɔ.tʁɔ̃\
The verdict
“cyclotron” is uncommon French (frequency #78,316 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,316
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Accélérateur de particules dans lequel les particules chargées sont générées par une source au centre, décrivent une spirale au travers d’un champ magnétique et sont accélérées par un champ électri...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cyclotron |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \si.klɔ.tʁɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #78,316 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cyclotron” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cyclotron is uncommon French at frequency #78,316 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \si.klɔ.tʁɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Accélérateur de particules dans lequel les particules chargées sont générées par une source au centre, décrivent une spirale au travers d’un champ magnétique et sont accélérées par un champ électri...".
No misspelling variants are generated for cyclotron in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cyclotron, spelled C-Y-C-L-O-T-R-O-N.
Definition
- 1Accélérateur de particules dans lequel les particules chargées sont générées par une source au centre, décrivent une spirale au travers d’un champ magnétique et sont accélérées par un champ électrique alternatif.
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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.
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Using “cyclotron”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-Y-C-L-O-T-R-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.