sinople

\si.nɔpl\

/\si.nɔpl\/ noun

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The verdict

“sinople” is an uncommon French word, ranked #58,941 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#58,941
frequency rank, French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Synonyme de quartz hématoïde.

Key facts for sinople
PropertyValue
Headwordsinople
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\si.nɔpl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#58,941
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sinople” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). sinople lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for sinople is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \si.nɔpl\. Corpus data places it at rank #58,941 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

sinople doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is sinople, spelled S-I-N-O-P-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonyme de quartz hématoïde.
  2. 2
    Émail de couleur verte que l’on utilise en blasonnement pour indiquer la couleur verte d’un élément des armoiries : écu, partition, pièce, meuble, etc.

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 "sinople"?
"sinople" is spelled S-I-N-O-P-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \si.nɔpl\.
What does "sinople" mean?
As a noun, "sinople" means: Synonyme de quartz hématoïde.
How do you pronounce "sinople"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sinople" is \si.nɔpl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sinople" come from?
"sinople" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “sinople”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is S-I-N-O-P-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \si.nɔpl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list