sacerdotal

\sa.sɛʁ.dɔ.tal\

/\sa.sɛʁ.dɔ.tal\/ adj

The verdict

“sacerdotal” is uncommon French (frequency #59,618 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,618
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif au sacerdoce.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sacerdotal · sacerdotal · French

sacerdotal · rank #59,618 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,618
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH rôties

Nearest frequency peer: rôties (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « sacerdotal »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « sacerdotal » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sacerdotal
PropertyValue
Headwordsacerdotal
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sa.sɛʁ.dɔ.tal\
Letters10
Frequency rank#59,618
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « sacerdotal » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).sacerdotaltombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « rôties » (#59,617), « Sacks » (#59,619), « révélatrices » (#59,616). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sacerdotal » est au #59,618. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sacerdotal is uncommon French at frequency #59,618 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \sa.sɛʁ.dɔ.tal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif au sacerdoce.".

Zero misspellings are on record for sacerdotal in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is sacerdotal, spelled S-A-C-E-R-D-O-T-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif au sacerdoce.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how sacerdotal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Faut-il dire que précisément parce que l’église avait une autorité supérieure à toute autre autorité, le moyen-âge, dans tout ce qui n’a pas été écrit par une plume sacerdotale, a été porté à faire acte d’opposition à l’église ?
  2. Arrivé dans ce local, M. le curé se dépouilla de son surplis, qu’il accrocha dans une armoire ad hoc déjà encombrée de vêtements sacerdotaux et dont il referma la porte sur moi.

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sacerdotal"?
"sacerdotal" is spelled S-A-C-E-R-D-O-T-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.sɛʁ.dɔ.tal\.
What does "sacerdotal" mean?
As an adjective, "sacerdotal" means: Relatif au sacerdoce.
How do you pronounce "sacerdotal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sacerdotal" is \sa.sɛʁ.dɔ.tal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sacerdotal", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list