sévillain
\se.vi.jɛ̃\
The verdict
“sévillain” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à Séville, à ses habitants ou à leur culture.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sevillain · sévillain · French
sévillain · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | sévillain |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \se.vi.jɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
sévillain is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \se.vi.jɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif à Séville, à ses habitants ou à leur culture.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for sévillain in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is sévillain, spelled S-É-V-I-L-L-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1Relatif à Séville, à ses habitants ou à leur culture.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sévillain appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le peuple sévillain, qui poursuit inévitablement de ses huées tout ce qui n’est pas espagnol, était devenu tolérant jusqu’à permettre à un prêtre français de paraître publiquement avec son costume, à des dames de se montrer en chapeau, à des Anglais et à des Russes de parler leur langue.
Synonyms
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.