sybarite
\si.ba.ʁit\
The verdict
“sybarite” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui appartient à Sybaris ou à ses habitants.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sybarite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \si.ba.ʁit\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sybarite” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for sybarite is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \si.ba.ʁit\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for sybarite in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 sybarite, spelled S-Y-B-A-R-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Qui appartient à Sybaris ou à ses habitants.
- 2Qui est mou, efféminé, corrompu, qui vit dans les plaisirs et la luxure comme les Sybarites.
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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.
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Using “sybarite”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-Y-B-A-R-I-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \si.ba.ʁit\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.