schibboleth
\ʃi.bɔ.lɛt\
The verdict
“schibboleth” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de shibboleth.
Corpus desk
Index FR-schibboleth · schibboleth · French
schibboleth · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | schibboleth |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃi.bɔ.lɛt\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “schibboleth” se place dans la fréquence du français
Rare enough to double-check
schibboleth is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃi.bɔ.lɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de shibboleth.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for schibboleth, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is schibboleth, spelled S-C-H-I-B-B-O-L-E-T-H.
Definition
- 1Variante de shibboleth.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how schibboleth appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce Paris, autrefois eldorado des proscrits, où l’inscription dans une histoire d’adoption se matérialise d’abord par l’appropriation de chaque recoin, chaque raccourci, et où cette connaissance topographique se transmet comme un schibboleth, un sésame, une injonction : tu appartiendras, toi aussi, à ce lieu.
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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