sybarite
\si.ba.ʁit\
The verdict
“sybarite” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui appartient à Sybaris ou à ses habitants.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sybarite · sybarite · French
sybarite · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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.
| 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « sybarite » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sybarite is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \si.ba.ʁit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sybarite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il mangea joyeusement, et, après le repas, n’écrivit rien, aucun papier, il fit juste, comme ça, le sybarite, étendu sur son lit, le temps qu’il fasse nuit.
Bref, on petit faire du couscous du temps de guerre, comme dit il y a quinze, jours, mais les sybarites peuvent perfectionner la façon et obtenir, comme le veut notre aimable correspondant, un couscous royal.
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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.