sinuosité

\si.nɥɔ.zi.te\

/\si.nɥɔ.zi.te\/ noun

The verdict

“sinuosité” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État de ce qui est sinueux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sinuosite · sinuosité · French

sinuosité · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for sinuosité
PropertyValue
Headwordsinuosité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\si.nɥɔ.zi.te\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « sinuosité » en français

sinuositén'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sinuosité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \si.nɥɔ.zi.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

sinuosité has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is sinuosité, spelled S-I-N-U-O-S-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    État de ce qui est sinueux.
  2. 2
    Les tours et détours que fait une chose sinueuse.
  3. 3
    Pour un tracé plan comportant au moins un point d’inflexion, longueur curviligne (selon le parcours) divisée par la distance (ligne droite) entre les 2 points extrêmes du tracé considéré.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. À chaque nouvelle peine trop forte, nous sentons une veine de plus qui saille et développe sa sinuosité mortelle au long de notre tempe, sous nos yeux.
  2. La pourpre de ses lèvres était rehaussée par les sinuosités de l'inévitable moustache noire.

Synonyms

coefficient de sinuosité

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sinuosité"?
"sinuosité" is spelled S-I-N-U-O-S-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \si.nɥɔ.zi.te\.
What does "sinuosité" mean?
As a noun, "sinuosité" means: État de ce qui est sinueux.
How do you pronounce "sinuosité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sinuosité" is \si.nɥɔ.zi.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sinuosité" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list