sigisbée

\si.ʒis.be\

/\si.ʒis.be\/ noun

The verdict

“sigisbée” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Homme qui, dans l’Italie du XVIIIᵉ siècle, accompagnait officiellement et au grand jour une dame mariée avec un autre homme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sigisbee · sigisbée · French

sigisbée · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for sigisbée
PropertyValue
Headwordsigisbée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\si.ʒis.be\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « sigisbée » en français

sigisbéereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sigisbée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \si.ʒis.be\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sigisbée, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is sigisbée, spelled S-I-G-I-S-B-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Homme qui, dans l’Italie du XVIIIᵉ siècle, accompagnait officiellement et au grand jour une dame mariée avec un autre homme.
  2. 2
    Homme qui entoure une dame d’hommages et de soins attentifs et constants.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je lui aurais ouvert le crâne pour lire ce qu’il contenait. Que voulait-elle de moi ? Aurais-je droit à de l’amour ? Étais-je devenu un protecteur à la mode du pays, l’illustre étranger que l’on présente à sa famille, un grand frère, un sigisbée français ? Se moquait-elle, voulait-elle m’utiliser ?
  2. Ils croient tous que c’est mon sigisbée et tu imagines le soin que j’ai de donner de fameux gants à ceux qui le croient.

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sigisbée"?
"sigisbée" is spelled S-I-G-I-S-B-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \si.ʒis.be\.
What does "sigisbée" mean?
As a noun, "sigisbée" means: Homme qui, dans l’Italie du XVIIIᵉ siècle, accompagnait officiellement et au grand jour une dame mariée avec un autre homme.
How do you pronounce "sigisbée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sigisbée" is \si.ʒis.be\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sigisbée" come from?
"sigisbée" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list