Simplon

\sɛ̃.plɔ̃\

/\sɛ̃.plɔ̃\/ name

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The verdict

“Simplon” is uncommon French (frequency #56,268 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,268
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune du canton du Valais en Suisse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-simplon · Simplon · French

Simplon · rank #56,268 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,268
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH simplifiés

Nearest frequency peer: simplifiés (-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 « Simplon »

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 « Simplon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Simplon
PropertyValue
HeadwordSimplon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\sɛ̃.plɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#56,268
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Simplon » en français

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « simplifiés » (#56,267), « Siegel » (#56,266), « Sodexo » (#56,270). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Simplon » est au #56,268. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Simplon is uncommon French at frequency #56,268 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \sɛ̃.plɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Simplon has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Simplon, spelled S-I-M-P-L-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune du canton du Valais en Suisse.
  2. 2
    Col traversant la localité du même nom.
  3. 3
    Tunnel ferroviaire entre le Haut-Valais et l’Italie.
  4. 4
    Ancien département français ayant existé de 1810 à 1813 et dont le chef-lieu était Sion.

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 "Simplon"?
"Simplon" is spelled S-I-M-P-L-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛ̃.plɔ̃\.
What does "Simplon" mean?
As a proper noun, "Simplon" means: Commune du canton du Valais en Suisse.
How do you pronounce "Simplon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Simplon" is \sɛ̃.plɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Simplon" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Simplon", 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