Sidon
The verdict
“Sidon” is uncommon French (frequency #60,376 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,376
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville du Liban située entre Tyr et Beyrouth, dans l'antiquité, capitale de la Phénicie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sidon · Sidon · French
Sidon · rank #60,376 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,376
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH Sidaction
Nearest frequency peer: Sidaction (-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 « Sidon »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Sheraton
Sheraton
39,628 corpus weight
- Shibuya
Shibuya
39,627 corpus weight
- Sidaction
Sidaction
39,626 corpus weight
- Sidon
Sidon
39,625 corpus weight
- simulent
simulent
39,624 corpus weight
- simulée
simulée
39,623 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Sidon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « Sidon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Sidon is uncommon French at frequency #60,376 among 6,032 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sidon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Astarté eut un sanctuaire à Memphis comme à Sidon.
L’allégeance des Arabes sunnites d’Irak envers l’État n’a existé que tant que cette communauté exerçait le pouvoir ; n’ayant d’autre perspective dans le système confessionnel actuel que de rester une minorité sans ressources et privée de pouvoir, elle se « désirakise » exactement comme les sunnites du Liban se « délibanisent » par le biais de réseaux sala…
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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