sinologue
\si.nɔ.lɔɡ\
The verdict
“sinologue” is uncommon French (frequency #98,495 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,495
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Spécialiste de la langue ou de la littérature chinoises.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sinologue · sinologue · French
sinologue · rank #98,495 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,495
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH singeries
Nearest frequency peer: singeries (-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 « sinologue »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- simonie
simonie
1,510 corpus weight
- Singapourie…
Singapouriens
1,508 corpus weight
- singeries
singeries
1,507 corpus weight
- sinologue
sinologue
1,506 corpus weight
- Sitges
Sitges
1,504 corpus weight
- situa
situa
1,503 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « sinologue » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sinologue |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \si.nɔ.lɔɡ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #98,495 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sinologue » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sinologue is uncommon French at frequency #98,495 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \si.nɔ.lɔɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sinologue, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is sinologue, spelled S-I-N-O-L-O-G-U-E.
Definition
- 1Spécialiste de la langue ou de la littérature chinoises.
- 2Spécialiste de la politique intérieure et extérieure des gouvernements chinois.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sinologue appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Comment un sinologue procède-til quand il déchiffre un texte chinois ancien?
La sinologue, professeure au Collège de France, travaille depuis quarante ans à faire connaître les trésors intellectuels de la Chine. Mais toujours avec la volonté de contrer la propagande du régime. Elle dirige un ouvrage collectif, « Penser en Chine ».
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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