semoun
The verdict
“semoun” is uncommon French (frequency #57,589 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,589
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Simoun, vent du Sahara qui soulève des tempêtes de sable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-semoun · semoun · French
semoun · rank #57,589 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,589
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH semblais
Nearest frequency peer: semblais (-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 « semoun »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- scandé
scandé
42,415 corpus weight
- SDI
SDI
42,414 corpus weight
- semblais
semblais
42,413 corpus weight
- semoun
semoun
42,412 corpus weight
- septum
septum
42,411 corpus weight
- sharing
sharing
42,409 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « semoun » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | semoun |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #57,589 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « semoun » en français
Rare enough to double-check
semoun is uncommon French at frequency #57,589 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Simoun, vent du Sahara qui soulève des tempêtes de sable.".
Zero misspellings are on record for semoun in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is semoun, spelled S-E-M-O-U-N.
Definition
- 1Simoun, vent du Sahara qui soulève des tempêtes de sable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how semoun appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quelques-uns de ces globes meurent ; Dans le semoun et le mistral Leurs mères sanglotent, leurs flots pleurent ; Leur flanc crache un brasier central.
Quand cet homme est entré, j’ai cru voir les rayons De midi dans la plaine où l’ardent semoun passe, Et j’ai senti le souffle énorme de l’espace ; Cet homme vient à nous de la part du désert.
Synonyms
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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