semi-circulaire
\sə.mi.siʁ.ky.lɛʁ\
The verdict
“semi-circulaire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a la forme d’un demi-cercle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-semi-circulaire · semi-circulaire · French
semi-circulaire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | semi-circulaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \sə.mi.siʁ.ky.lɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
semi-circulaire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \sə.mi.siʁ.ky.lɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui a la forme d’un demi-cercle.".
semi-circulaire has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is semi-circulaire, spelled S-E-M-I---C-I-R-C-U-L-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Qui a la forme d’un demi-cercle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how semi-circulaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La semi-circulaire [incision] est tous jours ouverte.
Un bassin semi-circulaire.
Synonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.