Sisteron
\sis.tə.ʁɔ̃\
The verdict
“Sisteron” is uncommon French (frequency #54,265 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,265
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sisteron · Sisteron · French
Sisteron · rank #54,265 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,265
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH signora
Nearest frequency peer: signora (-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 « Sisteron »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Sidonie
Sidonie
45,738 corpus weight
- signora
signora
45,737 corpus weight
- Sisteron
Sisteron
45,736 corpus weight
- skyline
skyline
45,735 corpus weight
- snobs
snobs
45,734 corpus weight
- socioprofes…
socioprofessionnelle
45,733 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Sisteron » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sisteron |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \sis.tə.ʁɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #54,265 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Sisteron » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Sisteron is uncommon French at frequency #54,265 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \sis.tə.ʁɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Sisteron in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Sisteron, spelled S-I-S-T-E-R-O-N.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
- 2Canton français, situé dans le département des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Sisteron appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quand on vient du Dauphiné et qu’on entre par Sisteron, tout de suite après le rocher de la Citadelle, on trouve la civilisation de la terrasse.
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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