sibylle

\si.bil\

/\si.bil\/ noun

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The verdict

“sibylle” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,875. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,875
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom donné par les Anciens à certaines femmes auxquelles ils attribuaient la connaissance de l’avenir et le don de prophétie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sibylle · sibylle · French

sibylle · rank #45,875 · 9 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,875
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH similarité

Nearest frequency peer: similarité (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « sibylle »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « sibylle » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sibylle
PropertyValue
Headwordsibylle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\si.bil\
Letters7
Frequency rank#45,875
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sibylle »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.sibyllese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « similarité » (#45,876), « sexual » (#45,873), « simplet » (#45,877). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sibylle » est au #45,875. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around sibylle (IPA \si.bil\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,875 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for sibylle, with forms such as "isbylle", "sbiylle", and "sibbylle". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

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 sibylle, spelled S-I-B-Y-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom donné par les Anciens à certaines femmes auxquelles ils attribuaient la connaissance de l’avenir et le don de prophétie.
  2. 2
    Femme qui prétend connaître et dévoiler l'avenir.
  3. 3
    Femme vieille et laide, connue pour la méchanceté de ses propos.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La sibylle de Cumes.
  2. La sibylle Érythrée.

This word in other languages

sibyl(English)sibila(Español)Sibylle(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • isbylle
  • sbiylle
  • sibbylle
  • siblyle
  • sibyle
  • sibylel
  • sibyylle
  • siyblle
  • ssibylle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sibylle - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

isbylle2sbiylle2sibbylle1siblyle2sibyle1sibylel2sibyylle1siyblle2
Edit distance from "sibylle"

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 "sibylle"?
"sibylle" is spelled S-I-B-Y-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \si.bil\.
What does "sibylle" mean?
As a noun, "sibylle" means: Nom donné par les Anciens à certaines femmes auxquelles ils attribuaient la connaissance de l’avenir et le don de prophétie.
What are common misspellings of "sibylle"?
Common misspellings include "isbylle", "sbiylle", "sibbylle", "siblyle", "sibyle". The correct spelling is "sibylle".
How do you pronounce "sibylle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sibylle" is \si.bil\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sibylle" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

simplet#45,877servage#45,872soutane#45,880species#45,882

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

sirops9 variantssemant9 variantsrasant9 variantsTrudel9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list