Sidon
The verdict
“Sidon” is uncommon French (frequency #60,376 among 394,209 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,376
- frequency rank, French
- 394,209
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ville du Liban située entre Tyr et Beyrouth, dans l'antiquité, capitale de la Phénicie.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sidon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #60,376 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sidon” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Sidon is uncommon French at frequency #60,376 among 394,209 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ville du Liban située entre Tyr et Beyrouth, dans l'antiquité, capitale de la Phénicie.".
Sidon has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Sidon, spelled S-I-D-O-N.
Definition
- 1Ville du Liban située entre Tyr et Beyrouth, dans l'antiquité, capitale de la Phénicie.
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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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Using “Sidon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-I-D-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.