Seyssel
\sɛ.sɛl\
The verdict
“Seyssel” is uncommon French (frequency #70,212 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,212
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de l’Ain.
Corpus desk
Index FR-seyssel · Seyssel · French
Seyssel · rank #70,212 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,212
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH setlist
Nearest frequency peer: setlist (-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 « Seyssel »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- sertie
sertie
29,792 corpus weight
- serviles
serviles
29,791 corpus weight
- setlist
setlist
29,790 corpus weight
- Seyssel
Seyssel
29,789 corpus weight
- sociocultur…
socioculturelle
29,787 corpus weight
- soieries
soieries
29,786 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Seyssel » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Seyssel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \sɛ.sɛl\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #70,212 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Seyssel » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Seyssel is uncommon French at frequency #70,212 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \sɛ.sɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Seyssel in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Seyssel, spelled S-E-Y-S-S-E-L.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de l’Ain.
- 2Commune française, située dans le département de la Haute-Savoie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Seyssel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous arrivons à Seyssel, qui est une ville divisée en deux par le fleuve au-dessus duquel est jeté un pont suspendu, et nous descendons au bord de la rivière ; quelle est ma surprise, quand de loin je crois reconnaître le Cygne.
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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