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six

French, number/sis/

six is spelled S-I-X (3 letters) and appears 141 times per million words in written French, the 579th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Six is a French number meaning “six” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does six mean in English?

number

  1. 1

    six

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Cinq plus un, adjectif numéral cardinal correspondant au nombre 6. 2. Sixième.

noun: 1. Nombre 6, entier naturel après cinq. 2. 6, chiffre utilisé dans la numérotation. 3. Chose portant le numéro six. 4. Sixième jour du mois.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce six?

  • /sis/
  • /si.z‿/
  • /si/

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to six

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is six in French?

six appears 141 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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