sifflante
\si.flɑ̃t\
The verdict
“sifflante” is uncommon French (frequency #81,578 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,578
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Consonne qui produit un sifflement, comme \s\, \z\, \ʃ\, \ʒ\, \tʃ\ et \dʒ\.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sifflante · sifflante · French
sifflante · rank #81,578 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,578
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH siel
Nearest frequency peer: siel (-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 « sifflante »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- shinkansen
shinkansen
18,428 corpus weight
- showrunner
showrunner
18,426 corpus weight
- Shylock
Shylock
18,425 corpus weight
- siel
siel
18,424 corpus weight
- sifflante
sifflante
18,423 corpus weight
- silla
silla
18,422 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « sifflante » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sifflante |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \si.flɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #81,578 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sifflante » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sifflante is uncommon French at frequency #81,578 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \si.flɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for sifflante in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is sifflante, spelled S-I-F-F-L-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Consonne qui produit un sifflement, comme \s\, \z\, \ʃ\, \ʒ\, \tʃ\ et \dʒ\.
- 2Bruit évoquant un sifflement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sifflante appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
S, Z sont des sifflantes.
Les skis crépitaient dans le petit matin. Selon les températures, leur chant produit une sifflante, un chuintement, un raclement – un sanglot même, si la neige s’amollit.
Synonyms
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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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