Scylla
\si.la\
The verdict
“Scylla” is uncommon French (frequency #54,897 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,897
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nymphe changée en monstre marin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-scylla · Scylla · French
Scylla · rank #54,897 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,897
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH screens
Nearest frequency peer: screens (-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 « Scylla »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- schizophrèn…
schizophrènes
45,107 corpus weight
- scorbut
scorbut
45,106 corpus weight
- screens
screens
45,105 corpus weight
- Scylla
Scylla
45,104 corpus weight
- sectoriels
sectoriels
45,103 corpus weight
- seiche
seiche
45,102 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Scylla » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Scylla |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \si.la\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #54,897 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Scylla » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Scylla is uncommon French at frequency #54,897 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \si.la\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Scylla in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Scylla, spelled S-C-Y-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Nymphe changée en monstre marin.
- 2Nom d’un écueil situé sur le littoral de la Calabre.
- 3Nom donné à l’astéroïde nᵒ 155.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Scylla appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Louis fermait les yeux et grimaçait en imaginant Geneviève exultant dans cette tempête comme la Scylla serpentiforme à trois cous de la mythologie…
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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