Sendai

\sɛn.daj\

/\sɛn.daj\/ name

The verdict

“Sendai” is uncommon French (frequency #77,923 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,923
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville japonaise du nord-est de l’île de Honshu, capitale de la préfecture de Miyagi.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sendai · Sendai · French

Sendai · rank #77,923 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,923
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sekou

Nearest frequency peer: Sekou (-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 « Sendai »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Sendai » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Sendai
PropertyValue
HeadwordSendai
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\sɛn.daj\
Letters6
Frequency rank#77,923
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Sendai » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Sendaitombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Sekou » (#77,922), « septièmes » (#77,924), « seek » (#77,921). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Sendai » est au #77,923. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sendai is uncommon French at frequency #77,923 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \sɛn.daj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ville japonaise du nord-est de l’île de Honshu, capitale de la préfecture de Miyagi.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Sendai, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Sendai, spelled S-E-N-D-A-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville japonaise du nord-est de l’île de Honshu, capitale de la préfecture de Miyagi.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Sendai appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La deuxième ambassade chrétienne envoyée à Rome par le seigneur de Sendai, Date Masamune, est dirigée par Haserkura Rokuemon Tsunenaga.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Sendai"?
"Sendai" is spelled S-E-N-D-A-I. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛn.daj\.
What does "Sendai" mean?
As a proper noun, "Sendai" means: Ville japonaise du nord-est de l’île de Honshu, capitale de la préfecture de Miyagi.
How do you pronounce "Sendai"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sendai" is \sɛn.daj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sendai" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Sendai", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list