Sisyphe
\si.zif\
The verdict
“Sisyphe” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,739. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,739
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personnage de la mythologie grecque, condamné par Zeus à rouler perpétuellement un énorme rocher jusqu’en haut d’une montagne, d’où il retombait sans cesse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sisyphe · Sisyphe · French
Sisyphe · rank #44,739 · 11 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,739
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH simulateurs
Nearest frequency peer: simulateurs (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Sisyphe”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- similarités
similarités
55,265 corpus weight
- simulateurs
simulateurs
55,263 corpus weight
- Sisyphe
Sisyphe
55,262 corpus weight
- snobisme
snobisme
55,261 corpus weight
- sold
sold
55,260 corpus weight
- solubles
solubles
55,259 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Sisyphe” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sisyphe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \si.zif\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #44,739 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “Sisyphe” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Sisyphe (IPA \si.zif\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #44,739 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Personnage de la mythologie grecque, condamné par Zeus à rouler perpétuellement un énorme rocher jusqu’en haut d’une montagne, d’où il retombait sans cesse.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sisyphe, with forms such as "issyphe", "sispyhe", and "sissyphe". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Sisyphe, spelled S-I-S-Y-P-H-E.
Definition
- 1Personnage de la mythologie grecque, condamné par Zeus à rouler perpétuellement un énorme rocher jusqu’en haut d’une montagne, d’où il retombait sans cesse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sisyphe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un travail de Sisyphe : Un travail qui se défait et qu’il faut sans cesse recommencer.
Le bécasseau variable picore son estran au gré des marées, tel un Sisyphe des sables.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- issyphe
- sispyhe
- sissyphe
- sisyhpe
- sisypeh
- sisyphhe
- sisypphe
- sisyyphe
- siysphe
- ssisyphe
- ssiyphe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sisyphe - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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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.