Schiltigheim
\ʃil.tik.(h)ajm\
The verdict
“Schiltigheim” is uncommon French (frequency #54,893 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,893
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département du Bas-Rhin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-schiltigheim · Schiltigheim · French
Schiltigheim · rank #54,893 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,893
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH Schaeffer
Nearest frequency peer: Schaeffer (-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 « Schiltigheim »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Sandler
Sandler
45,111 corpus weight
- satisfera
satisfera
45,110 corpus weight
- Schaeffer
Schaeffer
45,109 corpus weight
- Schiltigheim
Schiltigheim
45,108 corpus weight
- schizophrèn…
schizophrènes
45,107 corpus weight
- scorbut
scorbut
45,106 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Schiltigheim » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schiltigheim |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʃil.tik.(h)ajm\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #54,893 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Schiltigheim » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Schiltigheim is uncommon French at frequency #54,893 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʃil.tik.(h)ajm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Schiltigheim in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Schiltigheim, spelled S-C-H-I-L-T-I-G-H-E-I-M.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département du Bas-Rhin.
- 2Canton français, situé dans le département du Bas-Rhin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Schiltigheim appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’ai grandi à Schiltigheim, dans le Bas-Rhin. Schiltiquoi ? On me l’a faite souvent, celle-là. « Chil-ti-kaïm ! » Ce n’est pas si difficile, avec un peu d’habitude. Cette cité d’un peu plus 30 000 habitants est collée à Strasbourg, comme une petite sœur moins gracieuse qui se cache derrière son aînée.
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.
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