simonie

\si.mɔ.ni\

/\si.mɔ.ni\/ noun

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The verdict

“simonie” is uncommon French (frequency #98,491 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,491
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Trafic des choses spirituelles, des dignités ecclésiastiques, des grâces sacramentelles, moyennant argent ou un avantage temporel.

Corpus desk

Index FR-simonie · simonie · French

simonie · rank #98,491 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,491
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sillonnaient

Nearest frequency peer: sillonnaient (-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 « simonie »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « simonie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for simonie
PropertyValue
Headwordsimonie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\si.mɔ.ni\
Letters7
Frequency rank#98,491
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « simonie » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).simonietombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « sillonnaient » (#98,490), « Singapouriens » (#98,493), « singeries » (#98,494). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « simonie » est au #98,491. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

simonie is uncommon French at frequency #98,491 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \si.mɔ.ni\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Trafic des choses spirituelles, des dignités ecclésiastiques, des grâces sacramentelles, moyennant argent ou un avantage temporel.".

Zero misspellings are on record for simonie in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is simonie, spelled S-I-M-O-N-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Trafic des choses spirituelles, des dignités ecclésiastiques, des grâces sacramentelles, moyennant argent ou un avantage temporel.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un seul péché excitait ma curiosité et mon inquiétude. Je craignais de l’avoir commis sans le savoir. Un jour, je pris mon courage à deux mains, et je montrai à mon confesseur l’article qui me troublait. Voici ce qu’il y avait : « Pratiquer la simonie dans la collation des bénéfices. » Je demandai à mon confesseur ce que cela signifiait, si je pouvais avo…
  2. Au Moyen Âge, la simonie était un vrai fléau pour le clergé, car les prêtres s’adonnaient au trafic de reliques et de sacrements, tant et si bien qu’ils s’enrichissaient sans vergogne, sans se soucier de la règle de pauvreté instituée par saint Benoît.

This word in other languages

simony(English)simonía(Español)Simonie(Deutsch)

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 "simonie"?
"simonie" is spelled S-I-M-O-N-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \si.mɔ.ni\.
What does "simonie" mean?
As a noun, "simonie" means: Trafic des choses spirituelles, des dignités ecclésiastiques, des grâces sacramentelles, moyennant argent ou un avantage temporel.
How do you pronounce "simonie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "simonie" is \si.mɔ.ni\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list