sempiternelle
\sɛ̃.pi.tɛʁ.nɛl\
The verdict
“sempiternelle” is uncommon French (frequency #77,029 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,029
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de sempiternel.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sempiternelle · sempiternelle · French
sempiternelle · rank #77,029 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,029
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH semenciers
Nearest frequency peer: semenciers (-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 « sempiternelle »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- scred
scred
22,976 corpus weight
- SDR
SDR
22,975 corpus weight
- semenciers
semenciers
22,973 corpus weight
- sempiternel…
sempiternelle
22,972 corpus weight
- sempre
sempre
22,971 corpus weight
- serpe
serpe
22,969 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « sempiternelle » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sempiternelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \sɛ̃.pi.tɛʁ.nɛl\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #77,029 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sempiternelle » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sempiternelle is uncommon French at frequency #77,029 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \sɛ̃.pi.tɛʁ.nɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de sempiternel.".
sempiternelle doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented 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 sempiternelle, spelled S-E-M-P-I-T-E-R-N-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de sempiternel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sempiternelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au terme de l’examen, on ne peut être que surpris par le petit nombre des sources dignes de foi qui ne sont ni la sempiternelle copie d'un auteur ancien, ni un commérage insignifiant.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).