sacriste
\sa.kʁist\
The verdict
“sacriste” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sacristain.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sacriste · sacriste · French
sacriste · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | sacriste |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sa.kʁist\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sacriste » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sacriste is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sa.kʁist\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sacristain.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sacriste, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is sacriste, spelled S-A-C-R-I-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Sacristain.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sacriste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le 1ᵉʳ mars 1822, Etienne Rottier, sacriste au bourg d’Origny, réclame à René Faucon, “propriétaire”, 7,95 francs, “pour cierges à lui cédés, salaires de l’ouverture des fosses et de son assistance aux inhumations de sa femme et ses deux enfants”.
Hervé Ricou, le sacriste, ou, comme on dit dans ce pays, le sonneur de cloches (ar c’hloc’hier), après nous avoir fait visiter l’église, nous conduisit à une ferme voisine qui, à l’occasion, se transforme en auberge.
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.