sphéricité

\sfe.ʁi.si.te\

/\sfe.ʁi.si.te\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-sphericite · sphéricité · French

sphéricité · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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 sphéricité
PropertyValue
Headwordsphéricité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sfe.ʁi.si.te\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « sphéricité » en français

sphéricitéreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

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

Rare enough to double-check

sphéricité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sfe.ʁi.si.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "État de ce qui est sphérique.".

sphéricité doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is sphéricité, spelled S-P-H-É-R-I-C-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    État de ce qui est sphérique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Mais toutes les grandes découvertes des cinq derniers siècles ne sont pour lui que tissus de mensonges et hérésies. Quand je lui parle de la sphéricité et des évolutions de la terre et des astres, de la découverte de l'Amérique, des tentatives faites pour atteindre les pôles, il se contente de hausser les épaules et sourit de ma présomption : la présompti…

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list