singleton
\sɛ̃.ɡlœ.tɔ̃\
The verdict
“singleton” is uncommon French (frequency #77,041 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,041
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mot utilisé en boston pour désigner le joueur qui n’a qu’une seule carte d’une certaine couleur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-singleton · singleton · French
singleton · rank #77,041 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,041
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH simplifient
Nearest frequency peer: simplifient (-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 « singleton »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- sheva
sheva
22,963 corpus weight
- Sigean
Sigean
22,962 corpus weight
- simplifient
simplifient
22,961 corpus weight
- singleton
singleton
22,960 corpus weight
- sitcoms
sitcoms
22,959 corpus weight
- sociocultur…
socioculturelles
22,958 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « singleton » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | singleton |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɛ̃.ɡlœ.tɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #77,041 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « singleton » en français
Rare enough to double-check
singleton is uncommon French at frequency #77,041 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɛ̃.ɡlœ.tɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for singleton, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is singleton, spelled S-I-N-G-L-E-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1Mot utilisé en boston pour désigner le joueur qui n’a qu’une seule carte d’une certaine couleur.
- 2En théorie des ensembles, ensemble ne comportant qu’un seul élément.
- 3Classe dont il n’existe qu’une seule instance.
- 4Fœtus unique (par opposition aux grossesses multiples).
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); 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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).