fleur de cimetière
\flœʁ də sim.tjɛʁ\
The verdict
“fleur de cimetière” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Type de tache située sur la peau, apparaissant avec l’âge.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fleur de cimetière |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \flœʁ də sim.tjɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fleur de cimetière” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
fleur de cimetière is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \flœʁ də sim.tjɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Type de tache située sur la peau, apparaissant avec l’âge.".
Zero misspellings are on record for fleur de cimetière in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is fleur de cimetière, spelled F-L-E-U-R- -D-E- -C-I-M-E-T-I-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Type de tache située sur la peau, apparaissant avec l’âge.
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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.
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Using “fleur de cimetière”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-L-E-U-R- -D-E- -C-I-M-E-T-I-È-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \flœʁ də sim.tjɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.