État de la Cité du Vatican

Name: État de la Cité du Vatican, French Word Data
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\e.ta də la si.te dy va.ti.kɑ̃\

/\e.ta də la si.te dy va.ti.kɑ̃\/ name

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

The verdict

“État de la Cité du Vatican” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French: 26
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Vatican (nom officiel).

Key facts for État de la Cité du Vatican
Property	Value
Headword	État de la Cité du Vatican
Language	French
Part of speech	Proper noun
IPA	\e.ta də la si.te dy va.ti.kɑ̃\
Letters	26
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “État de la Cité du Vatican” sits in French frequency

État de la Cité du Vatican 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.

Rare enough to double-check

État de la Cité du Vatican is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \e.ta də la si.te dy va.ti.kɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vatican (nom officiel).".

No generated misspelling entries exist for État de la Cité du Vatican in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is État de la Cité du Vatican, spelled É-T-A-T- -D-E- -L-A- -C-I-T-É- -D-U- -V-A-T-I-C-A-N.

Definition

1
Vatican (nom officiel).

Synonyms

Saint-Siège Cité du Vatican Vatican

This word in other languages

Staat Vatikanstadt(Deutsch)

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 "État de la Cité du Vatican"?

"État de la Cité du Vatican" is spelled É-T-A-T- -D-E- -L-A- -C-I-T-É- -D-U- -V-A-T-I-C-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ta də la si.te dy va.ti.kɑ̃\.

What does "État de la Cité du Vatican" mean?

As a proper noun, "État de la Cité du Vatican" means: Vatican (nom officiel).

How do you pronounce "État de la Cité du Vatican"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "État de la Cité du Vatican" is \e.ta də la si.te dy va.ti.kɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "État de la Cité du Vatican" come from?

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Using “État de la Cité du Vatican”

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

The one correct French spelling is É-T-A-T- -D-E- -L-A- -C-I-T-É- -D-U- -V-A-T-I-C-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as \e.ta də la si.te dy va.ti.kɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.