droit comme un cierge
The verdict
“droit comme un cierge” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Très droit (debout ou assis), en parlant d'une personne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-droit-comme-un-cierge · droit comme un cierge · French
droit comme un cierge · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | droit comme un cierge |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « droit comme un cierge » en français
Rare enough to double-check
droit comme un cierge is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Très droit (debout ou assis), en parlant d'une personne.".
droit comme un cierge has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is droit comme un cierge, spelled D-R-O-I-T- -C-O-M-M-E- -U-N- -C-I-E-R-G-E.
Definition
- 1Très droit (debout ou assis), en parlant d'une personne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how droit comme un cierge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il se redressa sur la tombe, droit comme un cierge.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.