synclinal
[sɛ̃klinal]
The verdict
“synclinal” is uncommon French (frequency #96,429 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,429
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui concerne les plis concaves des couches géologiques.
Corpus desk
Index FR-synclinal · synclinal · French
synclinal · rank #96,429 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,429
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH séleucide
Nearest frequency peer: séleucide (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « synclinal »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- surréel
surréel
3,577 corpus weight
- symbols
symbols
3,574 corpus weight
- synclinal
synclinal
3,572 corpus weight
- séleucide
séleucide
3,571 corpus weight
- tallis
tallis
3,569 corpus weight
- tantouze
tantouze
3,567 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « synclinal » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | synclinal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [sɛ̃klinal] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #96,429 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « synclinal » en français
Rare enough to double-check
synclinal is uncommon French at frequency #96,429 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [sɛ̃klinal]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui concerne les plis concaves des couches géologiques.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for synclinal, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is synclinal, spelled S-Y-N-C-L-I-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Qui concerne les plis concaves des couches géologiques.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how synclinal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le massif dioritique de Lesterps, que la route de Bussière-Boffy recoupe transversalement sur 3 kilomètres, est en disposition synclinale : les gneiss plongent sous la diorite aussi bien à l'Ouest, près de Lesterps, que sur la bordure est.
L'unité de Jouques-Rians porte trois unités synclinales de cœur crétacé : — Synclinal de Rians dont la terminaison occidentale est imprécise sous les recouvrements miocènes ; — Graben de Meyrargues ; — Synclinal de Peyrolles-en-Provence.
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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