Sinbad

\sin.bad\

/\sin.bad\/ name

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The verdict

“Sinbad” is uncommon French (frequency #64,097 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,097
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personnage des Mille et Une Nuits.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sinbad · Sinbad · French

Sinbad · rank #64,097 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,097
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH silicates

Nearest frequency peer: silicates (-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 « Sinbad »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Sinbad
PropertyValue
HeadwordSinbad
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\sin.bad\
Letters6
Frequency rank#64,097
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Sinbad » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Sinbadtombe 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: « silicates » (#64,096), « slut » (#64,098), « sight » (#64,095). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Sinbad » est au #64,097. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sinbad is uncommon French at frequency #64,097 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \sin.bad\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personnage des Mille et Une Nuits.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Sinbad, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Sinbad, spelled S-I-N-B-A-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personnage des Mille et Une Nuits.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les aventures de Sinbad le marin sont résumées en sept voyages.

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 "Sinbad"?
"Sinbad" is spelled S-I-N-B-A-D. The IPA pronunciation is \sin.bad\.
What does "Sinbad" mean?
As a proper noun, "Sinbad" means: Personnage des Mille et Une Nuits.
How do you pronounce "Sinbad"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sinbad" is \sin.bad\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sinbad" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

seinen#64,089stagné#64,107sudoku#64,113thabor#64,127

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list