setting
\ˈsɛt.ɪŋ\
The verdict
“setting” is uncommon French (frequency #68,649 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,649
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cadre, notamment physique, temporel et/ou économique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-setting · setting · French
setting · rank #68,649 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,649
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH sessiles
Nearest frequency peer: sessiles (-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 « setting »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- sergeant
sergeant
31,355 corpus weight
- seriously
seriously
31,354 corpus weight
- sessiles
sessiles
31,353 corpus weight
- setting
setting
31,352 corpus weight
- shootings
shootings
31,351 corpus weight
- shunt
shunt
31,350 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « setting » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | setting |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈsɛt.ɪŋ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #68,649 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « setting » en français
Rare enough to double-check
setting is uncommon French at frequency #68,649 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈsɛt.ɪŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
setting has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is setting, spelled S-E-T-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Cadre, notamment physique, temporel et/ou économique.
- 2Coucher.
- 3Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter) Collection d’une serviette, une fourchette, un couteau, etc. pour une personne.
- 4Monture.
- 5Position d’un cadran.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how setting appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
What is the setting for the movie?
Setting of the sun.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).