droit comme un cierge

Name: droit comme un cierge, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

adj

By PlainSpell Editorial Team · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“droit comme un cierge” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French: 21
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Très droit (debout ou assis), en parlant d'une personne.

Key facts for droit comme un cierge
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)

Where “droit comme un cierge” sits in French frequency

droit comme un cierge falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for droit comme un cierge is 21 letters long, classified as an adjective. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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

1
Très droit (debout ou assis), en parlant d'une personne.

Synonyms

droit comme un i

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "droit comme un cierge"?

"droit comme un cierge" is spelled D-R-O-I-T- -C-O-M-M-E- -U-N- -C-I-E-R-G-E.

What does "droit comme un cierge" mean?

As an adjective, "droit comme un cierge" means: Très droit (debout ou assis), en parlant d'une personne.

What language does "droit comme un cierge" come from?

"droit comme un cierge" 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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Using “droit comme un cierge”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct French spelling is D-R-O-I-T- -C-O-M-M-E- -U-N- -C-I-E-R-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source

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.