scintiller
\sɛ̃.ti.je\
The verdict
“scintiller” is uncommon French (frequency #72,729 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,729
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Briller, jeter des éclats par intermittence.
Corpus desk
Index FR-scintiller · scintiller · French
scintiller · rank #72,729 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,729
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH scintillent
Nearest frequency peer: scintillent (-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 « scintiller »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- saya
saya
27,275 corpus weight
- scintillent
scintillent
27,273 corpus weight
- scintiller
scintiller
27,272 corpus weight
- scottie
scottie
27,271 corpus weight
- sectionner
sectionner
27,270 corpus weight
- senestre
senestre
27,269 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « scintiller » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | scintiller |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sɛ̃.ti.je\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #72,729 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « scintiller » en français
Rare enough to double-check
scintiller is uncommon French at frequency #72,729 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \sɛ̃.ti.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for scintiller, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is scintiller, spelled S-C-I-N-T-I-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Briller, jeter des éclats par intermittence.
- 2Avoir un mouvement de scintillation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how scintiller appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette partie, appelée passementerie d’or et d’argent, comprenait les épaulettes, les dragonnes, les aiguillettes, enfin cette immense quantité de choses brillantes qui scintillaient sur les riches uniformes de l’armée française et sur les habits civils.
Une sphère lumineuse, tournant au plafond, scintillait de ses mille petites facettes dont les lueurs éclairaient curieusement les visages.
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.
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