ville des sacres
The verdict
“ville des sacres” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Reims.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ville-des-sacres · ville des sacres · French
ville des sacres · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" 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 | ville des sacres |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ville des sacres » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ville des sacres is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Reims.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ville des sacres, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is ville des sacres, spelled V-I-L-L-E- -D-E-S- -S-A-C-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Reims.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ville des sacres appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Reims n’est pas loin, mais la ville des sacres est réservée aux permissionnaires anglais. Il faut un ordre de mission ou une chance exceptionnelle pour qu’un soldat français puisse s’y rendre.
C’est ainsi que le journal l’Union de Reims signale le 2 février 1986 , dans la décharge de Courcy-Brimont — à quelques kilomètres de la ville des sacres — la présence de « sacs rouges portant la mention : « déchets hautement septiques à incinérer […].
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.