siamoise
\sja.mwaz\
The verdict
“siamoise” is uncommon French (frequency #83,382 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,382
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Canapé en forme de S dont les occupants sont à la fois côte à côte et vis-à-vis.
Corpus desk
Index FR-siamoise · siamoise · French
siamoise · rank #83,382 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,382
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH shogunat
Nearest frequency peer: shogunat (-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 « siamoise »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- shaykh
shaykh
16,622 corpus weight
- shogunat
shogunat
16,620 corpus weight
- siamoise
siamoise
16,619 corpus weight
- Simo
Simo
16,616 corpus weight
- Simoncini
Simoncini
16,615 corpus weight
- sisal
sisal
16,614 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « siamoise » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | siamoise |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sja.mwaz\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #83,382 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « siamoise » en français
Rare enough to double-check
siamoise is uncommon French at frequency #83,382 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sja.mwaz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for siamoise in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is siamoise, spelled S-I-A-M-O-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Canapé en forme de S dont les occupants sont à la fois côte à côte et vis-à-vis.
- 2Étoffe mêlée de soie et de coton imitant celle que les ambassadeurs de Siam apportèrent à Louis XIV.
- 3Jumelle fusionnée à sa sœur.
- 4Chatte de la race des chats siamois.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how siamoise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Du 24 juin 1786 au 1ᵉʳ juillet 1787, l'usine produisit 4.224 pièces 1/2 de 20 aunes, savoir : 730 pièces de siamoise ou silveret ; 404 pièces de gaze; 1.085 pièces de mousseline, et 4.800 douzaines de mouchoirs de soie façon d'Angleterre.
Le Maire. — Mesdemoiselles Mangebois sont les filles de notre défunt juge de paix, célèbre pour avoir fait trancher la membrane de deux sœurs siamoises que deux forains de Limoges se disputaient. L'Inspecteur. — Mes félicitations, Mesdemoiselles. Le vrai jugement de Salomon !
Synonyms
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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