syntagma

noun

The verdict

“syntagma” is uncommon French (frequency #98,542 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,542
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Syntagme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-syntagma · syntagma · French

syntagma · rank #98,542 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,542
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sweep

Nearest frequency peer: sweep (-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 « syntagma »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « syntagma » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for syntagma
PropertyValue
Headwordsyntagma
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#98,542
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « syntagma » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).syntagmatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « sweep » (#98,541), « synthétisant » (#98,543), « Suzan » (#98,539). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « syntagma » est au #98,542. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

syntagma is uncommon French at frequency #98,542 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Syntagme.".

syntagma doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is syntagma, spelled S-Y-N-T-A-G-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Syntagme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. ...cílem Metzovým je vyhledávat ve struktuře filmu tzv. syntagmata (syntagma je v sémiotice volba z paradigmatu, jejíž význam spočívá v rozdílu vůči nezvoleným částem paradigmatu).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "syntagma"?
"syntagma" is spelled S-Y-N-T-A-G-M-A.
What does "syntagma" mean?
As a noun, "syntagma" means: Syntagme.
What language does "syntagma" come from?
"syntagma" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "syntagma", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list